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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.043

Beneficiary designation designating a trustee under trust not invalid..

Known as the Nonprobate Transfers Law

The act spans §§ 461–461 (34 sections).

Effective: 28 Aug 1995; (L. 1995 S.B. 116)

1. A beneficiary designation designating a trustee under a trust established or to be established by the owner or some other person, including a funded or unfunded trust, shall not be invalid because the trust is amendable or revocable or both or because the trust was amended after the designation.

2. Unless a beneficiary designation provides otherwise, a trust that was revoked or terminated before the death of the owner shall be deemed not to have survived the owner.

3. Unless a beneficiary designation provides otherwise, a legal entity or trust that does not exist or come into existence at the time of the owner's death shall be deemed not to have survived the owner.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.