Updated October 16, 2026. Quick answer: The Missouri courts’ petitioner dissolution packet, for people who agree on the terms, lists the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC001), Statement of Income and Expenses (CAFC050), Statement of Property and Debt and Proposed Separation Agreement (CAFC040), Respondent’s Answer (CAFC010-R), Judgment and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC070), Parenting Plan (CAFC501) and Notice of Hearing (CAFC721). The 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County) Family Court checklist says there is a filing fee of $132.00 payable to the Circuit Clerk at the time of filing.
Missouri divorce forms at a glance
| Item | What the documents say |
|---|---|
| Official forms | The Missouri courts’ petitioner dissolution packet, for people who agree on the terms, lists the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC001), Statement of Income and Expenses (CAFC050), Statement of Property and Debt and Proposed Separation Agreement (CAFC040), Respondent’s Answer (CAFC010-R), Judgment and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC070), Parenting Plan (CAFC501) and Notice of Hearing (CAFC721). |
| Filing fee | The 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County) Family Court checklist says there is a filing fee of $132.00 payable to the Circuit Clerk at the time of filing. |
| Fee waiver | The Missouri courts’ petitioner packet lists an In Forma Pauperis Application (To file without filing fee) as an additional form you may need, with no form number printed. |
| Residency before filing | Missouri requires that one party has been a resident of the state, or a member of the armed services stationed there, for ninety days immediately preceding the commencement of the proceeding. |
| Waiting period | Missouri law requires that thirty days have elapsed since the filing of the petition before a judgment of dissolution may be entered. |
| Settlement agreement | Spouses may make a written separation agreement on maintenance, property, and child custody, support and visitation; its terms other than child terms bind the court unless found unconscionable, and are set out in the decree unless the agreement says otherwise. |
| Source | Missouri Courts; Greene County Family Court, 31st Judicial Circuit of Missouri; Missouri Revisor of Statutes |
The official forms
The Missouri courts’ petitioner dissolution packet, for people who agree on the terms, lists the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC001), Statement of Income and Expenses (CAFC050), Statement of Property and Debt and Proposed Separation Agreement (CAFC040), Respondent’s Answer (CAFC010-R), Judgment and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC070), Parenting Plan (CAFC501) and Notice of Hearing (CAFC721).
The text itself:
- Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Forms: Petitioner: “Petition for Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC001)”
- Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Forms: Petitioner: “Judgment and Decree of Dissolution of Marriage (CAFC070)”
The forms are linked in the sources at the foot of this page. A court clerk or a lawyer decides which of them fits your case; this page does not.
The filing fee
The 31st Judicial Circuit (Greene County) Family Court checklist says there is a filing fee of $132.00 payable to the Circuit Clerk at the time of filing.
Fees change, and CMG’s table of divorce filing fees by state shows which states’ statutes it has read. If you cannot afford the fee: The Missouri courts’ petitioner packet lists an In Forma Pauperis Application (To file without filing fee) as an additional form you may need, with no form number printed.
The text itself:
- Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Forms: Petitioner: “In Forma Pauperis Application (To file without filing fee)”
- Checklist for Filing Your Family Law Case Without an Attorney: “There is a filing fee of $132.00”
Residency and the waiting period
Residency: Missouri requires that one party has been a resident of the state, or a member of the armed services stationed there, for ninety days immediately preceding the commencement of the proceeding.
Waiting period: Missouri law requires that thirty days have elapsed since the filing of the petition before a judgment of dissolution may be entered.
The text itself:
- RSMo Section 452.305: “for ninety days immediately preceding the commencement of the proceeding”
- RSMo Section 452.305: “thirty days have elapsed since the filing of the petition”
Where a settlement agreement fits
Spouses may make a written separation agreement on maintenance, property, and child custody, support and visitation; its terms other than child terms bind the court unless found unconscionable, and are set out in the decree unless the agreement says otherwise.
The text itself:
- RSMo Section 452.325: “the parties may enter into a written separation agreement”
- RSMo Section 452.325: “are binding upon the court unless it finds”
CMG’s QDRO cost and divorce and your money pages cover what a divorce does to retirement accounts and taxes.
What the documents do not say
- Whether the court system offers these forms free of charge: not found in the documents read.
- The filing fee shown is one county’s published figure; other Missouri counties publish their own.
- One page was read from an Internet Archive copy of the official page, because the official site refuses scripted access.
- The Greene County checklist is undated.
- Child custody, child support and property-division rules, and local court rules, were not read.
Common mistakes
- Treating the one-county filing fee above as the fee in every Missouri county.
- Assuming the answer for one state applies to another, or that a form filled in correctly is the same as a form the court has accepted.
Related: divorce filing fees by state, divorce and your money, and what a QDRO costs.
Sources
- Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Forms: Petitioner: https://web.archive.org/web/2025/https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=3832
- Checklist for Filing Your Family Law Case Without an Attorney: https://greenecountymo.gov/files/files.php?id=32959
- RSMo Section 452.305: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=452.305
- RSMo Section 452.325: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=452.325
Sources: the primary documents linked above, read on October 16, 2026. General information, not tax advice. Your own facts decide the outcome, and a tax professional or the state agency itself is the right place to confirm anything consequential.