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RSMo 452.920effective 28 Aug 2009

Application and construction

In plain English

When courts and officials use this law, they should try to apply it the same way as other states that have the same law. The goal is for all these states to handle things in a uniform, consistent way.

Word-for-word law

452.920. and construction. — In applying and construing sections 452.700 to 452.930, must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

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Source & history notes

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)

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