210.830. Parties--guardian ad litem, when appointed. - Missouri Statutes

Parties--guardian ad litem, when appointed.

210.830. The child shall be made a party to any action commencedunder sections 210.817 to 210.852. If he is a minor, he may be representedby a next friend appointed for him for any such action. The child's motheror father or the division of child support enforcement or any person havingphysical or legal custody of the child may represent him as his nextfriend. A guardian ad litem shall be appointed for the child only if childabuse or neglect is alleged, or if the child is named as a defendant, or ifthe court determines that the interests of the child and his next friendare in conflict. The natural mother, each man presumed to be the fatherunder section 210.822, and each man alleged to be the natural father, shallbe made parties or, if not subject to the jurisdiction of the court, shallbe given notice of the action in a manner prescribed by the court and anopportunity to be heard. The court may align the parties.

(L. 1987 S.B. 328 § 9, A.L. 1993 S.B. 253, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910)