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Revised Statutes of Missouri

Chapter 474

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 474

Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills

474.010General rules of descent 474.015Failure to survive decedent by 120 hours deemed predecease of decedent — consequences 474.020Lineals take per capita and per stirpes, when 474.030Partial intestacy 474.040Collaterals of half blood inherit, how 474.050Posthumous children to inherit 474.060Determination of relationship of parent and child — adopted person is child of adopting parent, exception — illegitimate child, relationship determined 474.070Legitimation by marriage 474.080Issue of void or dissolved marriage, legitimate 474.090Advancements counted against share, when — evaluation 474.100Alienage no bar to descent 474.110Curtesy and dower abolished 474.120Inheritance and statutory rights deemed waived, when 474.130Estate conveyed determines on failure of contractual bar 474.140Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse 474.150Gifts in fraud of marital rights — presumptions on conveyances 474.155Contract to make will or devise, revoke or not revoke will or devise, or to die intestate, how established 474.160Election by surviving spouse to take against will, effect 474.163Valuation of estate, how determined 474.170Notice of right to elect 474.180Time for making of election 474.190Form of election, filing 474.200Right of election personal to surviving spouse 474.210(Repealed L. 1980 S.B. 637 § 1)Repealed 474.220Waiver of right to elect 474.230Effect of failure to elect to take against will 474.235Share of omitted spouse 474.240Share of omitted children, how determined 474.250Exempt property of surviving spouse or minor children 474.260One year support allowance, property in lieu thereof — allowance exempt from all claims 474.270Exempt property applied for, when 474.280Proceeds of sale of exempt property paid over, when 474.290Homestead allowance — partition of real estate selected, procedure — waiver 474.293Provision of family allowance by independent personal representative — limitations — relief by court 474.300Effect of death of spouse or child or marriage of minor on family and homestead allowances 474.310Who may make will 474.320Will form, execution, attestation 474.330Who may witness will — effect of interest in will 474.333Will may provide for disposal of personal property by separate list 474.337Written will self-proved, how 474.340Nuncupative wills 474.350Revocation of nuncupative will 474.360Written will valid if executed in compliance with law 474.370Foreign wills, recorded when, evidence 474.380Probate of foreign wills 474.382Wills and trusts, English translation required, costs 474.390Contest of foreign will 474.395No-contest clauses, application of, petition may be filed — definition 474.400Revocation of wills 474.410Revocation of subsequent will also revokes first will — exception 474.420Change in circumstances — divorce 474.425Property given by testator during life treated as satisfaction of devise, when — valuation 474.430Court to conform to directions of will 474.435Class gift terminology includes certain persons and relationships, how determined 474.440Bond to convey does not revoke devise 474.450Encumbrance does not revoke devise — exoneration, when 474.455Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions 474.460Testator surviving devisee, effect 474.463Exchange of securities not to adeem specific legacy 474.465Failure of devise to become part of residue 474.470Rule in Shelley's case abolished, effect 474.480Devise deemed to convey fee simple, when 474.490(Repealed L. 1997 S.B. 265 § A)Repealed 474.500Wills of land to be recorded, where 474.510Deposit of will in court in testator's lifetime 474.520Construction of will 474.530Wills heretofore probated, effect — evidence 474.540Citation of law 474.542Definitions 474.544Electronic will valid as a will for all purposes 474.546Electronically executed will is an electronic will, when 474.548Electronic will requirements 474.550Self-proved electronic will, requirements — form and content 474.552Revocation of a previous will, when — presumption of revocation, when 474.554Disclosure of digital assets to obtain electronic will, when 474.556Certified paper copy of electronic will 474.558Need to promote uniformity of law, consideration given to 474.560Estate planning documents, electronic execution of — procedure 474.562Federal acts, effect on 474.564Applicability of act, when 474.600Estate planning document, execution of — definitions — requirements — acknowledgment, form and content