{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.240","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.240","heading":"Filing of petition, proceedings.","body":"The petition of a married person for any of the purposes before mentioned may be filed and the case heard and determined in the circuit court, and the like process and proceedings shall be had as in other civil suits triable before circuit judges.","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=452.240","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"c1f9424249821adacdef9ff5bfa07c89ba8b3097308e62711b752812902a3777","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.230","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}