453.050. Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted--how executed. - Missouri Statutes

Waiving of necessity of consent, when permitted--how executed.

453.050. 1. The juvenile court may, upon application,permit a parent to waive the necessity of his consent to a futureadoption of the child. However, that approval cannot be granteduntil the child is at least two days old.

2. The waiver of consent may be executed before or after theinstitution of the adoption proceedings, and shall beacknowledged before a notary public, or in lieu of suchacknowledgment, the signature of the person giving such writtenconsent shall be witnessed by the signatures of at least twoadult persons whose addresses shall be plainly written thereon.

3. A waiver of consent shall be valid and effective eventhough the parent waiving consent was under eighteen years of ageat the time of the execution thereof.

(L. 1947 V. II p. 213 § 9609, A.L. 1959 H.B. 438, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 1985 H.B. 366, et al.)

(1955) Parent does not have arbitrary right to revoke consent to adoption, but such revocation may be permitted for cause in sound discretion of court. Adoption of McKinzie (A.), 275 S.W.2d 365.

(1956) Since consent is irrevocable without leave of court, it is revocable with leave of court, so that a remedy is available to rectify injudicious consent. In re Mayernik (Mo.), 292 S.W.2d 562.