Are separation agreements enforceable under Missouri law?
Yes. The Missouri Statutes specifically promote separation agreement as a means by which couples can amicably resolve their financial and other issues so as to avoid the extensive cost and time associated with having these issues resolved in court. The Domestic Relations section of the Missouri Statutes provides, in relevant part: 452.325. Separation agreements authorized, effect of orders for disposition of property, when terms of agreement, how enforced. • To promote the amicable settlement of disputes between the parties to a marriage attendant upon their separation or the dissolution of their marriage, the parties may enter into a written separation agreement containing provisions for the maintenance of either of them, the disposition of any property owned by either of them, and the custody, support and visitation of their children. • In a proceeding for dissolution of marriage or for legal separation, the terms of the separation agreement, except terms providing for the custody, s
