Missouri Chapter 474 — Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills

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