The divorce statutes in Missouri are the same regarding of your age. However, in a divorce between spouses over 50, financial and insurance issues tend to take on increased importance.  For example, the division of marital assets needs to be viewed very differently when you are over 50.  Keeping the marital home for stability of the children is usually no longer important.  Rather, the division of marital assets is more focused on retirement savings and liquidity to pay monthly expenses.  The determination of spousal maintenance plays a much greater role for both spouses as one may need to reenter the workforce after being out of the workforce for many years and one may no longer be able to retire as early previously planned prior to the divorce.  A younger divorcing couple is more concerned about child custody and child support.  An older divorcing couple is more concerned about health insurance, long-term care insurance, and Social Security benefits.