Section 2.29 Minor Spouse

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

D. (§2.29) Minor Spouse

Section 431.065, RSMo 2000, provides that a lawfully married minor “shall be considered an adult for the purpose of entering into a contract for surgical, medical, or other treatment or procedures for himself, his spouse, his child and any child in his legal custody.”

An annulment of a marriage of a minor spouse restores that minor to an unemancipated status, and the minor spouse’s parents are still liable for child support. Eyerman v. Thias, 760 S.W.2d 187 (Mo. App. E.D. 1988). But...