Missouri Online Divorce

Missouri Divorce Details

Missouri allows individuals to represent themselves in a divorce. DivorceWriter is designed for uncontested cases in which both spouses are able to reach an agreement concerning property, debts, and any issues involving their children.

Missouri Residency Requirements

A divorce can be filed in Missouri when one of the parties has been a resident of Missouri, or is a member of the armed services who has been stationed in Missouri, for 90 days immediately before filing for divorce.

Grounds For Divorce

A no-fault divorce can be obtained in Missouri if there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved and that the marriage is irretrievably broken.

Filing Your Missouri Divorce

The steps for filing an uncontested Missouri divorce are as follows:

1. Complete the Litigant Awareness Program. This mandatory program covers the basics of the Missouri court system and explains the responsibilities of representing yourself in court. The program can be completed by either watching a 25-minute video or by reading the materials, both of which are available online. Then, go to the Litigant Awareness Program Completion Program to create and print a Certificate of Completion. For more information, go to: Missouri Litigant Awareness Program.
2. Prepare your divorce forms. Every party not represented by counsel who participates in a family law case shall use the forms approved by the Supreme Court. Forms for filing for divorce in Missouri are provided at no cost to you by the Missouri Supreme Court Committee on Access to Family Courts available here: Missouri State Divorce Forms
3. File for divorce. The divorce can be filed either in the county in which the petitioner resides or in the county in which the respondent resides.

Included Missouri Forms

• Petition for Dissolution
• Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage
• Statement of Income and Expenses
• Statement of Property and Debt and Proposed Separation Agreement
• Answer to Petition
• Judgment and Decree
• Filing Information Sheet
• Parenting Plan*
• Child Support Calculation Worksheet Form 14*
• Notice of Hearing

*Divorce with minor children only

If your divorce is uncontested and your spouse is willing to sign the papers, you can use DivorceWriter to complete your Missouri divorce forms online.  Select "Continue" to start the interview.