Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.610. Distribution, when required. — Executors and administrators shall not be compelled to make distribution or pay legacies until six months after the date of the letters, unless the legacies specified would be perishable, or subject to injury if retained six months. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 235, A.L. 1955 p. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1985 473.613. Partial distribution. — 1. Subject to the provisions of section 473.618, upon application of the executor or administrator at any time, or on application of any distributee after the expiration of six months from the date of letters, the court may order the executor or administrator to deliver to […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1985 473.617. Decree of final distribution. — 1. After the expiration of the time limit for the filing of claims, the executor or administrator, if the estate is in a condition to be closed, shall file his final settlement and at the same time petition the court to decree the final […]
Effective – 01 Jul 1997 473.618. Notice to judgment creditors of distribution — contents of request. — 1. Any judgment creditor of a distributee desiring notice of any partial or final distribution or both, may, at any time subsequent to the granting of letters testamentary or of administration, file with the clerk of the probate […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.620. Order in which assets are appropriated — abatement. — 1. When it is necessary that there be an abatement of the shares of the distributees, they shall, subject to the provisions of the will, abate, without any preference or priority as between real and personal property, in the following […]
Effective – 02 Jan 1979 473.623. Contribution between devisees. — When it is necessary under the provisions of section 473.620 that there be an abatement of specific devises, whether of real or personal property, the court may by order determine the manner in which such abatement shall be accomplished, so that the burden of such […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.627. Advancements to be determined. — All questions of advancements made, or alleged to have been made by an intestate to any heir may be heard and determined by the court at the time of the hearing on the petition for final distribution or at any time prior thereto. The […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.630. Right of retainer. — When a distributee of an estate is indebted to the estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the present worth of the indebtedness, if not due, may be treated as an offset by the executor or administrator against any testate or intestate property, […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1985 473.633. Interest on general legacies. — 1. All legacies, other than residuary ones or chattels, shall bear interest from twelve months after the date of the death of the testator at a rate equal to that allowed by law on money due upon order of the court. If the court […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.637. Distributees to refund, when — judgment. — If after the payment of the legacies or distributions, it becomes necessary that the same, or any part thereof, be refunded for the payment of claims, the court on application filed within five years from the payment of the legacies or distributions […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1959 473.640. Partition of personal property in kind. — If personal property which is to be distributed may be divided in kind, the court may order a partition thereof among the parties entitled; and for that purpose the court may appoint not more than three commissioners, disinterested and of no kin […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1983 473.643. Property sold to effect partition, when. — 1. If personal property cannot be divided in kind with advantage to the distributees, and it is not to their advantage that the same be sold by the personal representative, then, upon the application of a majority of those entitled to distribution, […]
Effective – 01 Jan 1981 473.647. Notice of application for partition. — Each person entitled to partition of personal property, not applying therefor, shall be notified, in writing, of the application ten days before the order is made. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 241, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 226, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637) Prior revisions: […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.650. Distributee may credit share against purchase price, when. — If a distributee becomes a purchaser of the property at a sale for the purpose of making distribution, his receipt for the amount of his share shall be received in payment of an equal amount of the purchase money, and […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1955 473.653. Proceedings to compel distribution. — When an order is made by the court upon an executor or administrator to pay over money to the widow, heirs, legatees or distributees of an estate, and he fails to make such payment, the same proceedings may be had against him and his […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2011 473.657. Distribution. — 1. Distribution to a distributee may be made to the distributee or to a person holding a power of attorney properly executed by the distributee in accordance with the law of the place of execution, or to the distributee’s personal representative, guardian, or conservator. 2. Distribution may […]
Effective – 01 Jan 1981 473.660. Discharge of personal representative. — Upon the filing of receipts or other evidence satisfactory to the court that distribution has been made as ordered in the final decree, the court shall enter an order of discharge. The discharge so obtained operates as a release from the duties of personal […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2015 473.663. No administration within one year after death and no will probated, interested party may petition — contents of petition — notice. — 1. If a person has died leaving property or any interest in property in this state and if no administration has been commenced on the estate of […]
