A marriage contract that has been properly proven, signed off on, and recorded can be used as evidence in a Missouri court. No extra proof is needed to show the document is real.
490.590. Marriage contracts. — Marriage contracts, duly or and and , shall be in any court in this state, without further of their .
(RSMo 1939 § 1870)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1706; 1919 § 5393; 1909 § 6337
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