Missouri Statutes

§ 507.120 — Appointment of next friend, by whom.

Missouri § 507.120

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXVCIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

Ch. 507Parties

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.120 (2026).

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The appointment of a next friend for an infant shall be made by the court in which the suit is intended to be brought, or by a judge or clerk thereof.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 860) Prior revisions: 1929 § 709; 1919 § 1166; 1909 § 1740

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

§ 507.140

Appointment when minor is under fourteen years old.

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