Missouri Laws 211.442 – Definitions
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As used in sections 211.442 to 211.487, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1) “Child”, an individual under eighteen years of age;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 211.442
- Child: means any person under eighteen years of age. See Missouri Laws 211.021
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- parent: means the mother. See Missouri Laws 211.021
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) “Minor”, any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;
(3) “Parent”, a biological parent or parents of a child, as well as, the husband of a natural mother at the time the child was conceived, or a parent or parents of a child by adoption, including both the mother and the putative father of a child. The putative father of a child shall have no legal relationship unless he, prior to the entry of a decree under sections 211.442 to 211.487, has acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting his paternity.