Title XXXI — TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
11 chapters · 736 sections in this title.
§ 471.010 RSMo No sufficient evidence of survivorship
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471.010. No sufficient evidence of survivorship. — Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction…
§ 471.020 RSMo Survival of beneficiaries
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471.020. Survival of beneficiaries. — If property is so disposed of that the right of a beneficiary to succeed to any interest therein is conditional upon his surviving another person, and both persons die, and there is no sufficient evidence that the two have died otherwise than…
§ 471.030 RSMo Joint tenants or tenants by entirety
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471.030. Joint tenants or tenants by entirety. — Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property so held shall be distributed one-half as if one had survived and one-half as if the other …
§ 471.040 RSMo Insurance policies
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471.040. Insurance policies. — Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had sur…
§ 471.050 RSMo Law not retroactive
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471.050. Law not retroactive. — This law shall not apply to the distribution of the property of a person who has died before it takes effect. -------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 13 § 5)
§ 471.060 RSMo Law does not apply if decedent provides otherwise
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471.060. Law does not apply if decedent provides otherwise. — This law shall not apply in the case of wills, living trusts, deeds or contracts of insurance or any other situation where provision is made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this law, or wh…
§ 471.070 RSMo Uniformity of interpretation
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471.070. Uniformity of interpretation. — This law shall be so construed and interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law in those states which enact it. -------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 13 § 7)
§ 471.080 RSMo Short title
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471.080. Short title. — This law may be cited as "The Uniform Simultaneous Death Law". -------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 13 § 8)