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R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46)
Section 552.1 - Invalidity of Marriages; Legitimacy of Issue. - Sec. 1. If solemnized within this state, a marriage that...
Section 552.2 - Invalidity of Marriages; Marriage of Person Under Age of Consent, Marriage by Fraud, Lack of Cohabitation. - Sec. 2. In case of a marriage solemnized when either...
Section 552.3 - Marriage of Doubtful Validity; Procedure to Annul. - Sec. 3. When a marriage is supposed to be void,...
Section 552.4 - Marriage of Doubtful Validity; Procedure to Affirm. - Sec. 4. When the validity of any marriage shall be...
Section 552.5 - Repealed. 1951, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section declared that sentence of life...
Section 552.6 - Complaint for Divorce; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Judgment. - Sec. 6. (1) A complaint for divorce may be filed...
Section 552.6a - Complaint for Divorce; Availability. - Sec. 6a. (1) Beginning October 1, 2022, a complaint for...
Section 552.7 - Action for Separate Maintenance; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Effect of Admission; Counterclaim for Divorce; Judgment. - Sec. 7. (1) An action for separate maintenance may be...
Section 552.8 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to additional grounds for...
Section 552.9 - Judgment of Divorce; Residency Requirement; Exception. - Sec. 9. (1) A judgment of divorce shall not be...
Section 552.9a - Decree of Divorce; Conditions. - Sec. 9a. No decree of divorce shall be granted in...
Section 552.9b, 552.9c - Repealed. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections provided that actions for divorce...
Section 552.9d - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the occurrence of...
Section 552.9e - Divorce; Cause Occurring Out of State, Residence. - Sec. 9e. Whenever the cause for divorce charged in the...
Section 552.9f - Divorce; Taking of Testimony; Minor Children; Perpetuating Testimony; Nonresident Defendant, Residence of Plaintiff. - Sec. 9f. No proofs or testimony shall be taken in...
Section 552.10 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to collusion or misconduct...
Section 552.11 - Action for Divorce; Answer Without Oath. - Sec. 11. An action for a divorce may be brought...
Section 552.12 - Suit; Conduct, Power of Court. - Sec. 12. Suits to annul or affirm a marriage, or...
Section 552.13 - Alimony; Costs; Termination. - Sec. 13. (1) In every action brought, either for a...
Section 552.14 - Action for Annulment, Divorce, or Separate Maintenance; Entering Personal Protection Order. - Sec. 14. (1) On the motion of a party at...
Section 552.15 - Care, Custody, and Support of Minor Children During Pendency of Action; Support Order; Enforcement. - Sec. 15. (1) After the filing of a complaint in...
Section 552.16 - Care, Custody, and Support of Minor Child After Annulment or Judgment of Divorce or Separate Maintenance; Enforcement. - Sec. 16. (1) Upon annulling a marriage or entering a...
Section 552.16a - Repealed. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to support of child...
Section 552.17 - Revision and Alteration of Judgment Concerning Care, Custody, Maintenance, and Support of Children; Enforceability of Order. - Sec. 17. (1) After entry of a judgment concerning annulment,...
Section 552.17a - Jurisdiction of Court; Application for Modification of Judgment or Order; Waiver of Contempt. - Sec. 17a. (1) The court has jurisdiction to make an...
Section 552.18 - Rights or Contingent Rights in and to Vested or Unvested Benefits or Accumulated Contributions as Part of Marital Estate Subject to Award by Court; Amendment of Court Order to Satisfy Requirements of Eligible Domestic Relations Order... - Sec. 18. (1) Any rights in and to vested pension,...
Section 552.19 - Restoration of Real and Personal Estate to Parties. - Sec. 19. Upon the annulment of a marriage, a divorce...
Section 552.20 - Real and Personal Property or Money in Lieu Thereof; Delivery or Payment to Trustee; Investment; Application of Income. - Sec. 20. Upon every divorce, and upon every divorce from...
Section 552.21 - Payment of Principal Sum on Court Order; Bonds. - Sec. 21. Such trustees shall also pay over the principal...
Section 552.22 - Disclosure of Property. - Sec. 22. Whenever the court shall think proper to award...
Section 552.23 - Judgment of Divorce or Separate Maintenance; Further Award of Real and Personal Estate; Transmittal of Payments to Department of Human Services; Service Fee; Failure or Refusal to Pay Service Fee; Contempt; “State Disbursement Unit”... - Sec. 23. (1) Upon entry of a judgment of divorce...
Section 552.24 - Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support and Fees. - Sec. 24. The SDU is responsible for the centralized receipt...
Section 552.27 - Alimony or Allowance for Support and Education of Children as Lien; Default; Powers of Court. - Sec. 27. If alimony or an allowance for the support...
Section 552.28 - Judgment for Alimony or Allowance or for Appointment of Trustees; Revision or Alteration. - Sec. 28. On petition of either party, after a judgment...
Section 552.29 - Presumption of Legitimacy. - Sec. 29. The legitimacy of all children begotten before the...
Section 552.30 - Legitimacy of Issue; Dissolution of Marriage. - Sec. 30. Upon the dissolution of a marriage because of...
Section 552.31 - Legitimacy of Issue; Dissolution of Bigamous Marriage Entered Into in Good Faith. - Sec. 31. When a marriage is dissolved on account of...
Section 552.34 - Action to Annul Marriage of Minor. - Sec. 34. An action to annul a marriage on the...
Section 552.35 - Marriage Annulment; Action by Party's Next Friend. - Sec. 35. If, at the time of a marriage, a...
Section 552.36 - Marriage Annulment; Action by Party to Marriage. - Sec. 36. A party to a marriage who, at the...
Section 552.37 - Marriage Annulment; Ground of Force or Fraud; Effect of Voluntary Cohabitation. - Sec. 37. No marriage shall be annulled on the ground...
Section 552.38 - Marriage Annulment; Ground of Force or Fraud; Custody and Maintenance of Issue. - Sec. 38. If there shall be any issue of a...
Section 552.39 - Marriage Annulment; Ground of Physical Incapacity; Party to Maintain; Time Limitation of Suit. - Sec. 39. A suit to annul a marriage, on the...
Section 552.40-552.42 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to divorce decrees, adultery,...
Section 552.43 - Divorce From Bed and Board; Decree; Limited Time, Revocation. - Sec. 43. When a decree of divorce from bed and...
Section 552.44 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to testimony taken before...
Section 552.45 - Children; Enumeration in Complaint; Notice to Prosecutor of Friend of Court; Decree Opposition, Interest of Prosecutor or Partners in Case. - Sec. 45. Every bill of complaint filed shall set forth...
Section 552.46 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to remarriage.Popular Name: No-Fault...