Missouri Laws 475.025 – Rights of parents as natural guardians of minors
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 475.025
- conservator: as used in this chapter , includes limited conservator unless otherwise specified or apparent from the context. See Missouri Laws 475.010
- Guardian: one appointed by a court to have the care and custody of the person of a minor or of an incapacitated person. See Missouri Laws 475.010
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Minor: any person who is under the age of eighteen years. See Missouri Laws 475.010
- Parent: the biological or adoptive mother or father of a child whose parental rights have not been terminated under chapter 211, including:
(a) A person registered as the father of the child by reason of an unrevoked notice of intent to claim paternity under section 192. See Missouri Laws 475.010
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
In all cases not otherwise provided for by law, the father and mother, with equal powers, rights and duties, while living, and in case of the death of either parent the survivor, or when there is no lawful father, then the mother, if living, is the natural guardian of their children, and has the custody and care of their persons and education. When the estate of a minor is derived from a parent, the parent as natural guardian has all of the powers of a conservator appointed by a court, with respect to property derived from him, except that no court order or authorization is necessary to exercise these powers and the natural guardian may invest, sell and reinvest the estate of the minor in such property as is reasonable and prudent.