{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-451.010","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.010","heading":"Marriage a civil contract.","body":"Marriage is considered in law as a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential.","path":["Title XXX - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 451 - Marriage, Marriage Contracts, and Rights of Married Women"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=451.010","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"a8acd8c6835590a653a9dc17be42b030e01d1db1e764391c2e84d76a05079f4e","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-448.4-120","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-451.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}