A devisee who does not survive the testator by one hundred twenty hours is treated as if he predeceased the testator, unless the will of decedent contains some language dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster, or requiring that the devisee survive the testator or survive the testator for a stated period in order to take under the will.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.455
Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing..
Known as the Missouri Electronic Wills and Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
The act spans §§ 474–474 (79 sections).
Effective: 01 Jan 1981, see footnote; (L. 1980 S.B. 637)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.