HB 848 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant

HB 848 ensures that a court cannot deny a divorce (dissolution of marriage) or legal separation solely because one party is pregnant. The bill requires courts to proceed with standard divorce procedures - including verifying residency, determining if the marriage is irretrievably broken, and establishing child custody and support arrangements - without considering pregnancy status. It also specifies that divorce petitions must note pregnancy but clarifies this detail cannot block the court’s decision. The bill includes additional procedural requirements, like providing Social Security numbers and creating parenting plans, but its key change removes pregnancy as a barrier to finalizing divorce or separation cases.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jan 28, 2025
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Marlon Anderson
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