Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing

§ 474.455 RSMo — under Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills.

§ 474.455 RSMo

474.455. Devisee who does not survive testator by 120 hours treated as predeceasing testator — exceptions. — 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.

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(L. 1980 S.B. 637)

Effective 1-01-81