When any estate is devised to any child, grandchild or other relative of the testator, and the devisee dies before the testator, or is treated as if he predeceased the testator, leaving lineal descendants who survive the testator by one hundred twenty hours, the descendants shall take the estate, real or personal, as the devisee would have done if he had survived the testator by one hundred twenty hours.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.460
Testator surviving devisee, effect
Known as the Missouri Electronic Wills and Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act
The act spans §§ 474–474 (79 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 93 Conn. App. 432 - Ruotolo v. Tietjen (2006)
Most recently applied in 93 Conn. App. 432 - Ruotolo v. Tietjen (January 2006)
Effective: 01 Jan 1981, see footnote; (RSMo 1939 § 528, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 275, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637); Prior revisions: 1929 § 527; 1919 § 516; 1909 § 546
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.