Missouri's General Adoption Statutes
Missouri
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: § 453.070
- • Division of Family Services
- • Juvenile court officer
- • Child placement agency
- • Social worker
- • Other suitable person appointed by the court
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: § 453.070
- • Suitability of the child for adoption
- • Whether child is a potential subsidy recipient
Contents of Report About Birth Parents Not
addressed in statutes reviewed; generally, health and genetic history
Contents of Report About Adoptive
Parents Statute: § 453.070
- • Condition of the home
- • Education level
- • Financial, medical, marital, and psychological
status
- • Criminal background check
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