FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 386

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WITTE.

1329L.02I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 528.530, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to partition suits.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 528.530, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 528.530, to read as follows:

            528.530. The judge of the court in which any suit under this chapter may be brought shall allow a reasonable fee to the attorney or attorneys bringing the suit, and may allow a reasonable fee to the attorney or attorneys representing any or all of the defendants in the suit, and may in like manner make a reasonable allowance to guardian ad litem when appointed, which [fee] fees and allowances shall be taxed and paid as other costs in the case.

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