{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.025","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.025","heading":"Verified pleadings, form and content.","body":"1. All pleadings required to be verified under this chapter may at the time of execution be made by the acknowledgment thereof by the petitioner or respondent made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state, and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, attached or annexed to the pleading in form and content substantially as follows:\nTHE STATE OF ______\nCOUNTY OF ______\n(The undersigned), of lawful age, being duly sworn on his/her oath, states that he/she is the petitioner/respondent named above and that the facts stated in the ______ are true according to his/her best knowledge and belief.\n__________________\nPetitioner/Respondent.\nSubscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______, 20______\nMy commission expires: __________________\n______ Notary Public\n2. All references in this chapter regarding a \"verified\" document shall be satisfied by compliance with the requirements of subsection 1 of this section.","path":["Title XXX - DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 452 - Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Alimony and Separate Maintenance"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=452.025","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"2cbf4c5ce2469eaa4b08409ef2b5000f4f02e33a2ddf20b5dcf21108140de795","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-451.300","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.075"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}