Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.160
Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
The terms of section 452.150 shall apply to children born out of wedlock and to children born in wedlock, and the terms "father and mother", "parent", "child", shall apply without reference to whether a child was born in lawful wedlock.
§ 452.160, RSMo
RSMo 1939 § 1527