{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.070","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.070","heading":"Legitimation by marriage.","body":"If a man, having by a woman a child or children, afterward intermarries with her and recognizes the child or children to be his, they are thereby legitimated.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 474 - Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=474.070","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"809101093e7c1cbb3fc58bc9d2f8d004f643268f31c25e6fab0acf73f4a3a75a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.060","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-474.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}