Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.530
If such homestead shall be sold as provided in section 513.525, the court may control the investment of the proceeds of such sale in a new homestead, or their payment out of court, as in cases of the funds of married women.
(RSMo 1939 § 619)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 619; 1919 § 5864; 1909 § 6715