Missouri Age of Majority Law
Minors - Age of Majority - Missouri
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;
(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.
Title XII, Chap. 211, §211.442
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