Section 28.12 Child’s Right to Action

• Library: Family Law Deskbook and 2014 Supp

F. (§28.12) Child’s Right to Action

Early Missouri caselaw held that a child did not have an independent cause of action against the parents to enforce a duty of support. Worthington v. Worthington, 253 S.W. 443 (Mo. App. E.D. 1923). But the UPA, as adopted in Missouri, clearly indicates that the child, in the child’s own right, may initiate an action for determination of the parent-child relationship and for establishing the duty of support stemming from it. Section 210.826.1, RSMo Supp. 2011. Section...