Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.180 (2026)
Guardian, conservator and next friend liable for costs
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507.180. Guardian, conservator and next friend liable for costs. — The guardian, conservator, or next friend of any infant who commences or prosecutes a suit shall be responsible for the costs thereof, unless such infant be permitted by the court to sue as a poor person, as provided by law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 866, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 715; 1919 § 1172; 1909 § 1746
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1952–1954 · leading case: Tracy v. Martin ex rel. Gunn, 249 S.W.2d 321 (Mo. 1952).
Tracy v. Martin ex rel. Gunn, 249 S.W.2d 321 (Mo. 1952). “” But by § 507.180 a next friend is expressly made liable for costs.”
Daniels v. Brown, 266 S.W.2d 680 (Mo. 1954). “Section 507.180, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. But that is a minor unexplained discrepancy in the instruction and is immaterial.”
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