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2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXX DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 453 Adoption and Foster Care
Section 453.020. Petition--guardian ad litem appointed--fee, deposit in putative father registry fund.


MO Rev Stat § 453.020. What's This?

Petition--guardian ad litem appointed--fee, deposit in putative father registry fund.

453.020. 1. The petition for adoption shall state:

(1) The name, sex and place of birth of the person sought to be adopted;

(2) The name of his parents, if known to the petitioner;

(3) If the person sought to be adopted is a minor, the fact that petitioner has the ability to properly care for, maintain and educate such person; and

(4) If it is desired to change the name of such person, the new name.

2. The petition for adoption shall include payment of a fifty dollar filing fee which shall be used to fund the putative father registry established pursuant to section 192.016.

3. All fees provided for in this section shall be deposited in the putative father registry fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, money in the fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue at the end of the biennium, but shall be used upon appropriation by the general assembly for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(RSMo 1939 9612, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 213, A.L. 1959 H.B. 384, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985, H.B. 366, et al., A.L. 2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2005 S.B. 21)

Prior revisions: 1929 14077; 1919 1099

Annotation Copyright Missouri Joint Committee on Legislative Research

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