{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.385","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.385","heading":"Child's wishes as to custodian, how determined.","body":"The court may interview the child in chambers to ascertain the child's wishes as to his custodian and relevant matters within his knowledge. The court shall permit counsel to be present at the interview and to participate therein. The court shall cause a record of the interview to be made and to be made part of the record in the case.","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=452.385","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"f44205cc998a67e83bb644a0e87a8935d42a85bb51ebf02c2608797e4d3ade16","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.380","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-452.390"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}