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MO Rev Stat § 475.065 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.065 - Single guardianship or conservatorship for two or more persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   475.065. Single guardianship or conservatorship for two or more persons. — When application is made for the appointment of a guardian or conservator for two or more minors or incapacitated or disabled persons who are children of a common parent, or are parent and child, or are husband and wife, it is not necessary that a separate petition, bond or other paper be filed for each minor or incapacitated or disabled person and the guardianship or conservatorship of all may be considered as one proceeding except that there shall be a separate accounting when the guardianship or conservatorship terminates as to one ward or disabled person but not as to the others. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 295, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
MO Rev Stat § 475.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.070 - Notice of petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for a minor — service on parents of minor not required, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   475.070. Notice of petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for a minor — service on parents of minor not required, when. — 1. Before appointing a guardian or conservator for a minor, notice of the petition therefor shall be served upon the following unless they have signed such petition or have waived notice thereof:  (1) The minor, if over fourteen years of age;  (2) The parents of the minor;  (3) The spouse of the minor;  (4) The person or entity nominated to serve as guardian or conservator;  (5) If directed by the court:  (a) Any person who has been appointed guardian or any person having care and custody of the minor;  (b) Any department, bureau or agency of the United States or of this state or any political subdivision thereof, which makes or awards compensation, pension, insurance or other allowance for the benefit of the ward's estate;  (c) Any department, bureau or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof or any charitable organization of this state, which may be charged with the supervision, control or custody of the minor.  2. If the minor is over fourteen years of age, there shall be personal service upon him if personal service can be had. Service on others may be had in accordance with section 472.100.  3. If a petition for the appointment of a guardian of a minor is filed for the sole and specific purpose of school registration or medical insurance coverage, upon the filing of an affidavit by the petitioner stating that, after due and diligent effort to the best of his or her ability, the whereabouts or identity of either or both parents of the minor remains unknown, the court may proceed with the appointment of such a guardian without having obtained service upon the parents of the minor. ­­-------- (L. 1955 p. 385 § 296, A.L. 1959 S.B. 141, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 944, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.077 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.077 - Judgment of incapacity or disability set aside, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   475.077. Judgment of incapacity or disability set aside, when. — The court may, if just cause appears, at any time within sixty days after a judgment as to the capacity or disability of any person has been entered, set aside the judgment and order a new hearing; but if the result of the new hearing is the same as the result of the first, then the judgment shall not be set aside. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
MO Rev Stat § 475.078 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.078 - Effect of adjudication.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   475.078. Effect of adjudication. — 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. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.079 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.079 - Order appointing guardian or conservator.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   475.079. Order appointing guardian or conservator. — 1. If it appears to the court or if it is found by the jury or the court upon proof by clear and convincing evidence that the person for whom a guardian is sought is incapacitated as defined in this law and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court may appoint a guardian of the person.  2. If it is found that the person for whom a conservator of the estate is sought is a minor or is disabled as defined in section 475.010 by a disability other than or in addition to minority and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court may appoint a conservator of the estate, who may be the same person appointed guardian of the person.  3. The court shall not appoint the public administrator to serve as guardian, limited guardian, conservator, limited conservator, emergency guardian, emergency conservator, guardian ad litem, or conservator ad litem unless notice is first given to the public administrator as provided in subsection 3 of section 475.075 and the public administrator has an opportunity to participate in any hearing on such matter, including the right to cross examine witnesses and to offer witnesses and evidence. The public administrator may waive notice and the opportunity to participate. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.080 - Appointment of limited guardian or conservator.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories   475.080. Appointment of limited guardian or conservator. — 1. If the court, after hearing, finds that a person is partially incapacitated and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court shall appoint a limited guardian of the person of the ward. The order of appointment shall specify the powers and duties of the limited guardian so as to permit the partially incapacitated ward to provide for self-care commensurate with the ward's ability to do so and shall also specify the legal disabilities to which the ward is subject. In establishing a limited guardianship, the court shall impose only such legal disabilities and restraints on personal liberty as are necessary to promote and protect the well-being of the individual and shall design the guardianship so as to encourage the development of maximum self-reliance and independence in the individual.  2. If the court, after hearing, finds that a person is partially disabled and that the respondent's identified needs cannot be met by a less restrictive alternative, the court shall appoint a limited conservator of the estate. The order of appointment shall specify the powers and duties of the limited conservator so as to permit the partially disabled person to manage the person's financial resources commensurate with the person's ability to do so. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.081 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.081 - Persons having disappeared, absent from country, or forcibly detained, to be partially disabled, limited conservator appointed — procedure — termination, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   475.081. Persons having disappeared, absent from country, or forcibly detained, to be partially disabled, limited conservator appointed — procedure — termination, when. — 1. If a person has disappeared and cannot be located or has been forcibly detained either illegally or by a foreign government or is absent by reason of being physically located in a country other than the United States and is unable to return to the United States because of physical or mental condition, for a period of one month or more, and such disappearance, detention, or physical location makes it impossible for that person, or any person legally acting on his behalf, to manage his financial resources as defined in section 475.010, any person may file a petition in the probate division of the circuit court of proper venue for appointment of himself or some other qualified person as limited conservator for the disappeared, detained, or absent person. The court shall order a hearing in accordance with section 475.075, in which the alleged disappeared, detained, or absent person shall be deemed to be an alleged partially disabled person. If the court finds that the respondent has disappeared, is detained or is absent by reason of being physically located in a country other than the United States and is unable to return to the United States because of physical or mental condition as provided in this section, the court may grant letters of limited conservatorship, but the powers granted to the limited conservator and the powers of the court shall be limited to those powers necessary for the support and maintenance of persons legally dependent upon the respondent and to powers necessary to prevent loss to the estate of the respondent during his disappearance, detention, or absence. The estate shall be administered upon the presumption that the respondent is alive.  2. A conservator appointed pursuant to this section shall immediately notify the court if the protectee has been found, has been released or has been returned to the United States. Upon receiving knowledge of such facts from the conservator or from any other source, the court shall order the conservatorship terminated and require the conservator to file final settlement.  3. In addition to the provisions of sections 475.082 and 475.270, a conservator appointed pursuant to this section shall notify the court every three months of the continuing disappearance, detention, or absence of the protectee which notice shall include the then current address of the conservator and the addresses of all persons legally dependent upon the protectee. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 1994 S.B. 734)
MO Rev Stat § 475.084 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.084 - Visitation, parent may petition for, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018   475.084. Visitation, parent may petition for, when. — If a guardian has been appointed for a minor under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection 4 of section 475.030, then a parent of the minor may petition the court for periods of visitation. The court may order visitation if visitation is in the best interest of the child. ­­-------- (L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.085 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.085 - Cost of proceedings as to disability or incapacity.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   475.085. Cost of proceedings as to disability or incapacity. — 1. The costs of proceedings as to incapacity or disability of any person shall be paid from his estate if he is found incapacitated or disabled or, if his estate is insufficient, costs shall be paid by the county; but if the person is found not to be incapacitated or disabled the costs shall be paid by the person filing the petition, unless he is a public employee acting in his official capacity, in which case the costs shall be paid by the county.  2. The court shall accept and act upon a petition as to an indigent respondent without requiring a filing fee. The costs of the proceeding shall be taxed after the court rules on the petition. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 453, 454, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 299, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 454, 455; 1919 §§ 450, 451; 1909 §§ 480, 481
MO Rev Stat § 475.091 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.091 - Court's powers, estates or affairs of minors or disabled persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   475.091. Court's powers, estates or affairs of minors or disabled persons. — The court has the following powers which may be exercised directly or through a conservator in respect to the estate and affairs of minors and disabled persons:  (1) While a petition for appointment of a conservator of the estate is pending, on motion and with notice to the attorney appointed to represent the minor or alleged disabled person and after preliminary hearing and finding of probable cause that the allegations of the petition and motion are true, the court may appoint a conservator ad litem to collect, protect and preserve the assets of the minor or alleged disabled person and, on order of court, disburse funds for the necessary support and maintenance of the minor or alleged disabled person and those members of his family who are dependent upon him;  (2) Upon finding that the transaction was or is beneficial to the protectee, the court may approve, ratify, confirm and validate any transaction entered into by a conservator of the estate, without court authorization which it has power under this section to authorize the conservator to conduct. The power of the court to approve, ratify, confirm and validate transactions entered into by a conservator of the estate without court authorization includes, without limitation, retention of real or personal property, compromises of claims by and against the estate, investments, purchases, sales, mortgages, exchanges, abandonment, leases of any duration, improvements, contracts to improve, contracts to sell, contracts to purchase, contracts to exchange and grants of options, easements, profits or other rights with respect to land or other property. It also includes, without limitation, payment of a mortgage indebtedness on the real estate of the protectee out of his personal estate and purchase of real estate at a sale made under a mortgage, deed of trust, vendor's lien or other lien held by the protectee. It also includes the power to make, ratify and undertake proceedings for, and agreements incident to, dissolution of the marriage of the protectee, and transactions involving conflicts of interest between conservator and protectee. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
MO Rev Stat § 475.093 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.093 - Court may authorize participation in family trust.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.093. Court may authorize participation in family trust. — 1. If the court finds that the establishment of a trust would be in the protectee's best interest, the court may authorize the establishment of a trust account for the benefit of a protectee pursuant to sections 402.199 to 402.208, if it finds that the protectee qualifies as a life beneficiary pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 402.200, or the court may authorize the establishment of such trust for the benefit of a protectee pursuant to section 475.092.  2. A trust account established pursuant to sections 402.199 to 402.208 will be in the best interest of the protectee, notwithstanding the fact that a sum not exceeding twenty-five percent of the principal balance as defined in subdivision (9) of section 402.200 will be distributed to the charitable trust of the Missouri family trust as prescribed by section 402.203. ­­-------- (L. 1996 S.B. 768, A.L. 1998 S.B. 852 & 913, A.L. 1999 S.B. 211 merged with S.B. 386, A.L. 2011 S.B. 70)
MO Rev Stat § 475.094 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.094 - Conservator, authorized exercise of powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   475.094. Conservator, authorized exercise of powers. — 1. After notice to interested persons and upon express authorization of the court, a conservator may:  (1) Make gifts that the protectee might have been expected to make including, but not limited to, gifts to qualify for government benefits or to reduce federal estate taxes;  (2) Convey, release, or disclaim contingent and expectant interests in property, including marital property rights and any right of survivorship incident to joint tenancy or tenancy by the entireties;  (3) Exercise or release a power of appointment;  (4) Create a revocable or irrevocable trust of property of the estate, whether the trust extends beyond the duration of the conservatorship, or revoke or amend a trust revocable by the protected person;  (5) Exercise rights to elect options and change beneficiaries under insurance policies and annuities or surrender the policies and annuities for cash value;  (6) Exercise any right to an elective share in the estate of the protectee's deceased spouse and to renounce or disclaim any interest by testate or intestate succession or by transfer during lifetime.  2. The court, in exercising or in approving a conservator's exercise of the powers listed under subsection 1 of this section, shall consider primarily the decision that the protectee would have made, to the extent that the decision can be ascertained. The court shall also consider:  (1) The financial needs of the protectee and the needs of individuals who are in fact dependent on the protectee for support and the interest of creditors;  (2) Possible reduction of income, estate, inheritance, or other tax liabilities;  (3) Eligibility for government assistance;  (4) The protectee's previous pattern of giving or level of support;  (5) The existing estate plan;  (6) The protectee's life expectancy and the probability that the conservatorship will terminate before the protectee's death; and  (7) Any other factors the court considers relevant.  3. Without authorization of the court, a conservator shall not revoke or amend a durable power of attorney of which the protectee is the principal. ­­-------- (L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
MO Rev Stat § 475.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.095 - Conservator of the estate of nonresident minors and disabled persons.

Effective - 28 Aug 1983   475.095. Conservator of the estate of nonresident minors and disabled persons. — 1. If any minor or disabled person domiciled and residing without this state has any estate within this state, the probate division of the circuit court of the county in which the estate or any part thereof is located may appoint some competent person to be conservator of the estate of the minor or disabled person and the conservatorship which is first lawfully granted of the estate of the minor or disabled person extends to all of the estate of such person within this state and excludes the jurisdiction of every other court.  2. The court and the conservator of the estate of the minor or disabled person have the same powers and shall perform the same duties, and are under the same restrictions and requirements, in all respects, as far as the same may apply, as provided in this code for the court and the conservators of estates of resident minors and disabled persons. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 §§ 386, 503, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 301, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)  Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 386, 504; 1919 §§ 382, 500; 1909 §§ 414, 530