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§ 507.115 — Infant defined for civil suit purposes.

Missouri § 507.115
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXVCIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS
Ch. 507Parties

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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.115 (2026).

Text

As used in sections 507.110 to 507.220 , the term "infant" means any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years.  All persons of the age of eighteen years or older, not otherwise disqualified, may commence, prosecute, or defend any action in his own name as the real party in interest.

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Legislative History

(L. 1976 S.B. 500 § 1) (1979) Statute is to be construed to mean persons who have not attained age of 18 years. Holoman v. Harris (A.), 585 S.W.2d 530.

Nearby Sections

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§ 507.010
Prosecution in name of real party in interest.
§ 507.020
Action on claim under foreign law.
§ 507.030
Persons having a joint interest shall be made plaintiffs — defendants, when.
§ 507.040
Permissive joinder of parties — separate trials.
§ 507.050
Misjoinder of parties.
§ 507.060
Persons having claims against plaintiff or plaintiff's insured may be joined as defendants and required to interplead, when — limitation on liability, when — dismissal not required, when.
§ 507.070
Class actions — representatives — secondary actions by stockholders — dismissal or compromise.
§ 507.080
Third-party notice — when defendant may bring in third party — notice to plaintiff — third party to file petition, when.
§ 507.090
Intervention — when as of right and when permissive — procedure.
§ 507.100
Substitution of parties upon death, mental incapacity or transfer of interest.
§ 507.110
Suits by infants, how prosecuted.
§ 507.115
Infant defined for civil suit purposes.
§ 507.120
Appointment of next friend, by whom.
§ 507.130
How appointed.
§ 507.140
Appointment when minor is under fourteen years old.
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