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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 207.010 (2026)

Divisions of department, authority to carry out duties

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  207.010.  Divisions of department, authority to carry out duties. — The children's division, family support division, MO HealthNet division, division of youth services, division of legal services, division of finance and administrative services, and the state technical support team are an integral part of the department of social services and shall have and exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out fully and effectively the purposes assigned to them by the director of the department of social services and by law and the department of social services shall be the state agency to:

  (1)  Administer state plans and laws involving aid to dependent children;

  (2)  Aid or relief in case of public calamity;

  (3)  Aid for direct relief;

  (4)  Child welfare services;

  (5)  Social services to families and adults;

  (6)  Pensions and services for the blind; and

  (7)  Any other duties relating to public assistance and social services which may be imposed upon the department of social services.

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(L. 1945 p. 945 § 32, A. 1949 S.B. 1062, A.L. 1953 p. 622, A.L. 1973 S.B. 325, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1955–2021 · leading case: Gerken v. Sherman, 276 S.W.3d 844 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
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Gerken v. Sherman, 276 S.W.3d 844 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “Section 207.010, RSMo 2000. Each year, the Department of Social Services, of which the division is a part, prepares a budget request pursuant to the State’s budget process, including a request for funds for the blind pension fund.”
Midwest Foster Care & Adoption Ass'n v. Kincade, 712 F.3d 1190 (8th Cir. 2013). “3d at 1036 (citing Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 207.010 , 207.060, 660.”
Hawley v. Nelson, 968 F. Supp. 1372 (E.D. Mo. 1997). · cites it 2× “See Mo.Rev.Stat. § 207.010 (1986). Among the duties of the Missouri Division of Family Services is the execution and administration of state laws concerning child welfare.”
Ellis v. State Dep't of Pub. Health & Welfare, 277 S.W.2d 331 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 2× “-060]; that it is the function and duty of the Division to administer all state laws and plans concerning social welfare [Section 207.010] and to determine initially the eligibility of each applicant for public assistance [Sections 208.”
O.S.G. ex rel. L.G. v. G.B., 805 S.W.2d 704 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “The caption of the petition names the suing agency as the Division of Family Services (see § 207.010, RSMo 1986). The body of the petition mentions the "State Division of Child Support" and the "State of Missouri Division of Child Support Enforcement.”
Dunnegan v. Gallop, 369 S.W.2d 206 (Mo. 1963). “954, § 32; § 207.010. Under Laws 1945, p. 954, § 33, the Department of Public Health and Welfare on behalf of the Division of Welfare had power: “(1) To sue and be sued.”
State of Missouri ex rel. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma v. Honorable Scott S. Sifferman, 633 S.W.3d 876 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 3× “” Section 207.010, RSMo 2016. The Children’s Division also has the “power” “[u]pon request, to cooperate with the juvenile court and furnish social studies and reports to the court with respect to children as to whom adoption, abuse, or neglect petitions have been filed,” and…”
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