Minor spouse or parent may give consent, when.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.065
in effect431.065. Minor spouse or parent may give consent, when. — Any minor who has been lawfully married and any minor parent or legal custodian of a child, if otherwise competent to contract, shall be considered an adult for the purpose of entering into a contract for surgical, medical, or other treatment or procedures for himself, his spouse, his child and any child in his legal custody.
(L. 1961 p. 248 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 48)
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=431.065Fetched: 10/17/2026