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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.078

Effect of adjudication

Known as the The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law

The act spans §§ 475–475 (141 sections).

Effective: 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories; (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)

1. An adjudication of partial incapacity or partial disability does not operate to impose upon the ward or protectee any legal disability provided by law except to the extent specified in the order of adjudication, provided that the court shall not impose upon the ward or protectee any legal disability other than those which are consistent with the condition of the ward or protectee.

2. An adjudication of incapacity or disability does operate to impose upon the ward or protectee all legal disabilities provided by law, except to the extent specified in the order of adjudication or otherwise in this chapter, and provided further that the court is without authority to impose any legal disability upon a disabled person for whom a conservator has been appointed by reason of the person's disappearance, detention, or confinement.

3. A person who has been adjudicated incapacitated or disabled or both shall be presumed to be incompetent, except as otherwise specified in this chapter. A person who has been adjudicated partially incapacitated or partially disabled or both shall be presumed to be competent. The court at any time after a hearing on the question may determine that an incapacitated, disabled, or partially incapacitated or partially disabled person is incompetent for some purposes and competent for other purposes.

4. The court may expressly enter an order that the ward's or protectee's right to vote shall be retained even though the ward or protectee is otherwise totally incapacitated; that the ward or protectee is permitted to drive a motor vehicle if the ward or protectee can pass the required driving test; or that the ward or protectee retains the right to marry.

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