Missouri bar
The age of majority is 18 in Missouri.
Contact the MO child support agency for your county.
Why is the child in state custody?
no it can not
Maya Angelou lived in St. Louis Missouri as a child
child abandonment is a felony anywhere in the civilized world.
If she is a minor yes. Pregnancy does not emancipate her and neither is she emancipated after the child is born.
When they are 18.
A second wife could be considered a legal guardian in Missouri. It may be beneficial to the child to do so, if the child spends time with her.
There are no applicable laws in any state that says the person receiving the child support must be actually spending the money on the child, so no. However, it could be addressed as an issue of abandonment of the child if the mother is in Texas and the child is in Missouri.
Yes (but not SSI).