HB 1234 -- Marriage Licenses and Dissolutions of Marriages

Sponsor:  Davis

This bill requires the recorder of deeds to waive the filing fee
for marriage licenses if the applicants complete a premarital
preparation course as specified in the bill.

Any fee required for the filing of a dissolution of marriage or
legal separation involving minor children must be held in trust
by the clerk of the court for one year from the date of filing of
the petition.  If the petition is withdrawn during that period,
the entire filing fee will be returned to the petitioner.  If it
is not withdrawn, the clerk of the court will retain the fee.

If there is a child younger than 21 years of age involved in any
dissolution of marriage judgment, the court cannot enter a
judgment of dissolution on the grounds that the marriage is
irretrievably broken unless a certain specified condition exists.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm