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MO Rev Stat § 475.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.400 - Petition for appointment of guardian.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.400. Petition for appointment of guardian. — 1. A petition for the appointment of a guardian may be filed by any relative or friend of the ward or by any person who is authorized by law to file such a petition. If there is no person so authorized or if the person so authorized refuses or fails to file such a petition within thirty days after mailing of notice by the Veterans Administration to the last known address of the person, if any, indicating the necessity for the same, a petition for appointment may be filed by any resident of this state.  2. The petition for appointment shall set forth the name, age, place of residence of the ward, the name and place of residence of the nearest relative, if known, and the fact that the ward is entitled to receive benefits payable by or through the Veterans Administration and shall set forth the amount of moneys then due and the amount of probable future payments.  3. The petition shall also set forth the name and address of the person or institution, if any, having actual custody of the ward and the name, age, relationship, if any, occupation and address of the proposed guardian and if the nominee is a natural person, the number of wards for whom the nominee is presently acting as guardian. Notwithstanding any law as to priority of persons entitled to appointment or the nomination in the petition, the court may appoint some other individual or a bank or trust company as guardian if the court determines it is for the best interest of the ward.  4. In the case of a mentally incompetent ward the petition shall show that such ward has been rated incompetent by the Veterans Administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the Veterans Administration. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 475.405 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.405 - Proof of necessity for appointment — minority.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.405. Proof of necessity for appointment — minority. — Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a minor, a certificate of the administrator or his authorized representative, setting forth the age of such minor as shown by the records of the Veterans Administration and the fact that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due the minor by the Veterans Administration shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 475.410 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.410 - Proof of necessity for appointment — incompetency.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.410. Proof of necessity for appointment — incompetency. — Where a petition is filed for the appointment of a guardian for a mentally incompetent ward, a certificate of the administrator or his duly authorized representative, that such person has been rated incompetent by the Veterans Administration on examination in accordance with the laws and regulations governing such Veterans Administration and that the appointment of a guardian is a condition precedent to the payment of any moneys due such ward by the Veterans Administration, shall be prima facie evidence of the necessity for such appointment. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 475.415 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.415 - Notice of petition for appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.415. Notice of petition for appointment. — Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of a guardian under sections 475.380 to 475.480, notice shall be given to the ward, to such other persons, and in such manner as is provided by the general law of this state, and also to the Veterans Administration as provided by sections 475.380 to 475.480. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 8)
MO Rev Stat § 475.420 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.420 - Qualifications and bond of guardian.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.420. Qualifications and bond of guardian. — 1. Upon the appointment of a guardian, he shall execute and file a bond to be approved by the court in an amount not less than the estimated value of the personal estate and anticipated income of the ward during the ensuing year. The bond shall be in the form and be conditioned as required of guardians appointed under the general guardianship laws of this state. The court may from time to time require the guardian to file an additional bond.  2. Where a bond is tendered by a guardian with personal sureties, there shall be at least two such sureties and they shall file with the court a certificate under oath which shall describe the property owned, both real and personal, and shall state that each is worth the sum named in the bond as the penalty thereof over and above all his debts and liabilities and the aggregate of other bonds on which he is principal or surety and exclusive of property exempt from execution. The court may require additional security or may require a corporate surety bond, the premium thereon to be paid from the ward's estate. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 9)
MO Rev Stat § 475.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.430 - Removal for failure to file accounts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.430. Removal for failure to file accounts. — If any guardian shall fail to file with the court any account as required by sections 475.380 to 475.480, or by an order of the court, when any account is due or within thirty days after citation issues as provided by law, or shall fail to furnish the Veterans Administration a true copy of any account, petition or pleading as required by sections 475.380 to 475.480, such failure may in the discretion of the court be ground for his removal. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 475.435 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.435 - Compensation of guardian.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.435. Compensation of guardian. — Compensation payable to guardians shall be based upon services rendered and shall not exceed five percent of the amount of moneys received during the period covered by the account. In the event of extraordinary services by any guardian, the court, upon petition and hearing thereon, may authorize reasonable additional compensation therefor. A copy of the petition and notice of hearing thereon shall be given the proper office of the Veterans Administration in the manner provided in the case of hearing on a guardian's account or other pleading. No commission or compensation shall be allowed on the moneys or other assets received from a prior guardian nor upon the amount received from liquidation of loans or other investments. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 12)  (1957) Where guardian, who was wife of incompetent, made twenty-eight annual settlements before her death and never claimed or received any commissions, she was held to have waived right to commissions. Pasley v. Marshall (A.), 305 S.W.2d 879.
MO Rev Stat § 475.440 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.440 - Investment of funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.440. Investment of funds. — Every guardian shall invest the surplus funds of his ward's estate in such securities or property as authorized under the laws of this state but only upon prior order of the court; except that the funds may be invested, without prior court authorization, in direct unconditional interest-bearing obligations of this state or of the United States and in obligations the interest and principal of which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States. A signed duplicate or certified copy of the petition for authority to invest shall be furnished the proper office of the Veterans Administration, and notice of hearing thereon shall be given said office as provided in the case of hearing on a guardian's account. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 475.445 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.445 - Application of funds.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.445. Application of funds. — A guardian shall not apply any portion of the income or the estate for the support or maintenance of any person other than the ward, the spouse and the minor children of the ward, except upon petition to and prior order of the court after a hearing. A signed duplicate or certified copy of said petition shall be furnished the proper office of the Veterans Administration and notice of hearing thereon shall be given said office as provided in the case of hearing on a guardian's account or other pleading. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 475.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.450 - Purchase of home for ward.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.450. Purchase of home for ward. — 1. The court may authorize the purchase of the entire fee simple title to real estate in this state in which the guardian has no interest, but only as a home for the ward, or to protect his interest, or (if he is not a minor) as a home for his wife and minor children, or a parent if wholly dependent upon him for his or her support. Such purchase of real estate shall not be made except upon the entry of an order of the court after hearing upon verified petition. A copy of the petition shall be furnished the proper office of the Veterans Administration and notice of hearing thereon shall be given said office as provided in the case of hearing on a guardian's account.  2. Before authorizing such purchase the court shall require written evidence of value and of title and of the advisability of acquiring such real estate. Title shall be taken in the ward's name. This section does not limit the right of the guardian on behalf of his ward to bid and to become the purchaser of real estate at a sale thereof pursuant to decree of foreclosure of lien held by or for the ward, or at a trustee's sale, to protect the ward's right in the property so foreclosed or sold; nor does it limit the right of the guardian, if such be necessary to protect the ward's interest and upon prior order of the court in which the guardianship is pending, to agree with cotenants of the ward for a partition in kind, or to purchase from cotenants the entire undivided interests held by them, or to bid and purchase the same at a sale under a partition decree, or to compromise adverse claims of title to the ward's realty. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 15)
MO Rev Stat § 475.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.455 - Discharge of guardian and release of sureties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.455. Discharge of guardian and release of sureties. — In addition to any other provisions of law relating to judicial restoration and discharge of guardian, a certificate by the Veterans Administration showing that a minor ward has attained majority, or that an incompetent ward has been rated competent by the Veterans Administration upon examination in accordance with law shall be prima facie evidence that the ward has attained majority, or has recovered his competency. Upon hearing after notice as provided by sections 475.380 to 475.480 and the determination by the court that the ward has attained majority or has recovered his competency, an order shall be entered to that effect, and the guardian shall file a final account. Upon hearing after notice to the former ward and to the Veterans Administration as in case of other accounts, upon approval of the final account, and upon delivery to the ward of the assets due him from the guardian, the guardian shall be discharged and his sureties released. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 475.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.465 - Construction and application.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.465. Construction and application. — Sections 475.380 to 475.480 shall be so construed to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 475.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.470 - Short title.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.470. Short title. — Sections 475.380 to 475.480 may be cited as "The Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law". ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 475.475 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.475 - Other laws as applicable.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.475. Other laws as applicable. — Except where inconsistent with sections 475.380 to 475.480, the laws of this state relating to guardian and ward and the judicial practice relating thereto, including the right to trial by jury and the right of appeal, shall be applicable to such beneficiaries and their estates. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 21)
MO Rev Stat § 475.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.480 - Application of provisions relating to surety bonds and administration of estates of wards.

Effective - 28 Aug 1947   475.480. Application of provisions relating to surety bonds and administration of estates of wards. — The provisions of sections 475.380 to 475.480 relating to surety bonds and the administration of estates of wards shall apply to all income and estate as defined in section 475.380 whether the guardian shall have been appointed under sections 475.380 to 475.480 or under any other law of this state, special or general, prior or subsequent to the enactment hereof. ­­-------- (L. 1947 V. I p. 4 § 22)
MO Rev Stat § 475.501 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.501 - Short title.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.501. Short title. — Sections 475.501 to 475.555 may be cited as the "Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act". ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
MO Rev Stat § 475.502 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.502 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.502. Definitions. — Notwithstanding the definitions in section 475.010, when used in sections 475.501 to 475.555, the following terms mean:  (1) "Adult", an individual who has attained eighteen years of age;  (2) "Conservator", a person appointed by the court to administer the property of an adult, including a person appointed under this chapter;  (3) "Guardian", a person appointed by the court to make decisions regarding the person of an adult, including a person appointed under this chapter;  (4) "Guardianship order", an order appointing a guardian;  (5) "Guardianship proceeding", a proceeding in which an order for the appointment of a guardian is sought or has been issued;  (6) "Incapacitated person", an adult for whom a guardian has been appointed;  (7) "Party", the respondent, petitioner, guardian, conservator, or any other person allowed by the court to participate in a guardianship or protective proceeding;  (8) "Person", except in the term "incapacitated person" or "protected person", an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity;  (9) "Protected person", an adult for whom a protective order has been issued;  (10) "Protective order", an order appointing a conservator or other order related to management of an adult's property;  (11) "Protective proceeding", a judicial proceeding in which a protective order is sought or has been issued;  (12) "Record", information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;  (13) "Respondent", an adult for whom a protective order or the appointment of a guardian is sought;  (14) "State", a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, a federally recognized Indian tribe, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
MO Rev Stat § 475.503 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.503 - International application of act.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.503. International application of act. — A court of this state may treat a foreign country as if it were a state for the purpose of applying this article and articles 2, 3, and 5. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
MO Rev Stat § 475.504 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.504 - Communication between courts.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.504. Communication between courts. — 1. A court of this state may communicate with a court in another state concerning a proceeding arising under sections 475.501 to 475.555. The court may allow the parties to participate in the communication. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, the court shall make a record of the communication. The record may be limited to the fact that the communication occurred.  2. Courts may communicate concerning schedules, calendars, court records, and other administrative matters without making a record. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
MO Rev Stat § 475.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.505 - Cooperation between courts.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.505. Cooperation between courts. — 1. In a guardianship or protective proceeding in this state, a court of this state may request the appropriate court of another state to:  (1) Hold an evidentiary hearing;  (2) Order a person in that state to produce evidence or give testimony pursuant to procedures of that state;  (3) Order that an evaluation or assessment be made of the respondent;  (4) Order any appropriate investigation of a person involved in a proceeding;  (5) Forward to the court of this state a certified copy of the transcript or other record of a hearing under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section or any other proceeding, any evidence otherwise produced under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section, and any evaluation or assessment prepared in compliance with an order under subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection 1 of this section;  (6) Issue any order necessary to assure the appearance in the proceeding of a person whose presence is necessary for the court to make a determination, including the respondent or the incapacitated or protected person;  (7) Issue an order authorizing the release of medical, financial, criminal, or other relevant information in that state, including protected health information as defined in 45 CFR 160.103, as amended.  2. If a court of another state in which a guardianship or protective proceeding is pending requests assistance of the kind provided in subsection 1 of this section, a court of this state has jurisdiction for the limited purpose of granting the request or making reasonable efforts to comply with the request. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
MO Rev Stat § 475.506 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability|Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship|Section 475.506 - Taking testimony in another state.

Effective - 28 Aug 2011   475.506. Taking testimony in another state. — 1. In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken.  2. In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.  3. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule. ­­-------- (L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)