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MO Rev Stat § 404.648 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.648 - Conflicts of interest — guardian or conservator ad litem appointed, when, compensation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.648. Conflicts of interest — guardian or conservator ad litem appointed, when, compensation. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if it is suggested in a petition filed by the beneficiary, a creditor, a person interested in the welfare of the beneficiary, or other interested person, including a member of the beneficiary's family who may have a property right or claim against or an expectancy, reversionary or other interest in the estate of the beneficiary, or if it affirmatively appears to the court that the beneficiary is disabled or incapacitated and there is a possible conflict of interest between the beneficiary and the personal custodian or a custodial trustee, the court may appoint a guardian or conservator ad litem to represent the beneficiary in any proceeding to adjudicate any right affected by the possible conflict of interest. The guardian or conservator ad litem shall have only such authority as is provided in the order of appointment and shall serve until discharged by the court.  2. If a court appoints a guardian or conservator ad litem for the beneficiary, the court may, by order entered in the proceeding, provide reasonable compensation and reimbursement for expenses for the guardian or conservator ad litem and, in appropriate cases, allow the payment out of the custodial property of the beneficiary or enter a judgment for the amount as costs against some other person who is a party to the proceeding and whose conduct is determined by the court as giving rise to the necessity for the appointment of the guardian or conservator ad litem. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145)
MO Rev Stat § 404.650 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.650 - Law of Missouri to apply, when — other state's laws applicable, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   404.650. Law of Missouri to apply, when — other state's laws applicable, when. — 1. Sections 404.400 to 404.650 apply to a transfer that refers to the Missouri personal custodian law in the designation under section 404.540 by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the beneficiary or the personal custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is located in this state. The personal custodianship so created remains subject to sections 404.400 to 404.650 despite a subsequent change in residence of a transferor, the beneficiary or the personal custodian, or the removal of custodial property from this state.  2. A person designated as a personal custodian under sections 404.400 to 404.650 is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state with respect to any matter relating to the personal custodianship.  3. A transfer that purports to be made and which is valid under the uniform custodial trust law, personal custodian law, or a substantially similar law, of another state is governed by the law of the designated state and may be executed and is enforceable in this state if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the beneficiary or the custodian is a resident of the designated state or the custodial property is located in the designated state.  4. A transfer that purports to be made under the uniform custodial trust law of Missouri or the adult custodian law of Missouri is governed by sections 404.400 to 404.650. ­­-------- (L. 1986 S.B. 651 § 14, A.L. 1989 H.B. 145, A.L. 1993 S.B. 277)
MO Rev Stat § 404.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.700 - Law, how cited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.700. Law, how cited. — Sections 404.700 to 404.735 may be cited as the "Durable Power of Attorney Law of Missouri". ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 404.703 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.703 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   404.703. Definitions. — As used in sections 404.700 to 404.735 the following terms mean:  (1) "Attorney in fact", an individual or corporation appointed to act as agent of a principal in a written power of attorney;  (2) "Court", the circuit court including the probate division of the circuit court;  (3) "Disabled" or "incapacitated", a person who is wholly or partially disabled or incapacitated as defined in section 475.010 or in a similar law of the place having jurisdiction of the person whose capacity is in question;  (4) "Durable power of attorney", a written power of attorney in which the authority of the attorney in fact does not terminate in the event the principal becomes disabled or incapacitated or in the event of later uncertainty as to whether the principal is dead or alive and which complies with subsection 1 of section 404.705 or is durable under the laws of any of the following places:  (a) The law of the place where executed;  (b) The law of the place of the residence of the principal when executed; or  (c) The law of a place designated in the written power of attorney if that place has a reasonable relationship to the purpose of the instrument;  (5) "Legal representative", a decedent's personal representative, a guardian of a person or the conservator of the estate of a person, whether denominated as general, limited or temporary, or a person legally authorized to perform substantially the same functions;  (6) "Person", an individual, corporation, or other legal entity;  (7) "Personal representative", a legal representative of a decedent's estate as defined in section 472.010;  (8) "Power of attorney", a written power of attorney, either durable or not durable;  (9) "Principal's family", the principal's parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, brother, sister, son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter and their descendants, whether of the whole blood or the half blood, or by adoption, and the principal's spouse, stepparent and stepchild;  (10) "Third person", any individual, corporation or legal entity that acts on a request from, contracts with, relies on or otherwise deals with an attorney in fact pursuant to authority granted by a principal in a power of attorney and includes a partnership, either general or limited, governmental agency, financial institution, issuer of securities, transfer agent, securities or commodities broker, real estate broker, title insurance company, insurance company, benefit plan, legal representative, custodian or trustee. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 2, A.L. 1997 S.B. 265)
MO Rev Stat § 404.705 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.705 - Durable power of attorney, procedure to create, requirements, effect, recording not required, exception — person appointed has no duty to exercise authority conferred, exception.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   404.705. Durable power of attorney, procedure to create, requirements, effect, recording not required, exception — person appointed has no duty to exercise authority conferred, exception. — 1. The authority granted by a principal to an attorney in fact in a written power of attorney is not terminated in the event the principal becomes wholly or partially disabled or incapacitated or in the event of later uncertainty as to whether the principal is dead or alive if:  (1) The power of attorney is denominated a "Durable Power of Attorney";  (2) The power of attorney includes a provision that states in substance one of the following:  (a) "THIS IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE AUTHORITY OF MY ATTORNEY IN FACT SHALL NOT TERMINATE IF I BECOME DISABLED OR INCAPACITATED OR IN THE EVENT OF LATER UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER I AM DEAD OR ALIVE"; or  (b) "THIS IS A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND THE AUTHORITY OF MY ATTORNEY IN FACT, WHEN EFFECTIVE, SHALL NOT TERMINATE OR BE VOID OR VOIDABLE IF I AM OR BECOME DISABLED OR INCAPACITATED OR IN THE EVENT OF LATER UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHETHER I AM DEAD OR ALIVE"; and  (3) The power of attorney is subscribed by the principal, and dated and acknowledged in the manner prescribed by law for conveyances of real estate.  2. All acts done by an attorney in fact pursuant to a durable power of attorney shall inure to the benefit of and bind the principal and the principal's successors in interest, notwithstanding any disability or incapacity of the principal or any uncertainty as to whether the principal is dead or alive.  3. A durable power of attorney does not have to be recorded to be valid and binding between the principal and attorney in fact or between the principal and third persons, except to the extent that recording may be required for transactions affecting real estate under sections 442.360 and 442.370.  4. A person who is appointed an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney has no duty to exercise the authority conferred in the power of attorney, whether or not the principal has become disabled or incapacitated, is missing or is held in a foreign country, unless the attorney in fact has agreed expressly in writing to act for the principal in such circumstances. An agreement to act on behalf of the principal is enforceable against the attorney in fact as a fiduciary without regard to whether there is any consideration to support a contractual obligation to do so. Acting for the principal in one or more transactions does not obligate an attorney in fact to act for the principal in subsequent transactions. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 3, A.L. 1997 S.B. 265)
MO Rev Stat § 404.707 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.707 - Principal may appoint multiple attorneys in fact — authority may be joint or several — qualifications — persons disqualified.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.707. Principal may appoint multiple attorneys in fact — authority may be joint or several — qualifications — persons disqualified. — 1. A principal may appoint more than one attorney in fact in one or more powers of attorney and may provide that the authority conferred on two or more attorneys in fact shall or may be exercised either jointly or severally or in a manner, with such priority and with respect to such subjects as is provided in the power of attorney.  2. Any person, other than a person who is disqualified from being appointed a guardian or conservator of the principal under subsection 2 of section 475.055, shall be qualified to be designated an attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney.  3. The designation of a person not qualified to act as an attorney in fact for a principal under a durable power of attorney subjects the person to removal as attorney in fact but does not affect the immunities of third persons nor relieve the unqualified person of any duties or responsibilities to the principal or the principal's successors. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 4)
MO Rev Stat § 404.712 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.712 - Name in which acts are performed and property held — property and accounts of principal to be kept separate — how identified.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.712. Name in which acts are performed and property held — property and accounts of principal to be kept separate — how identified. — 1. An attorney in fact acting for the principal under a power of attorney shall clearly indicate his capacity and shall keep the principal's property and accounts separate and distinct from all other property and accounts in a manner to identify the property and accounts clearly as belonging to the principal.  2. An attorney in fact holding property for a principal complies with subsection 1 of this section if the property is held in the name of the principal, in the name of the attorney in fact as attorney in fact for the principal or in the name of the attorney in fact as personal custodian for the principal under the Missouri personal custodian law, uniform custodial trust law or similar law of any state. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 404.721 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.721 - Liability as between principal and third person.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.721. Liability as between principal and third person. — 1. As between the principal and third persons, the authority granted in a power of attorney shall terminate on the date of termination, if any, set out in the power of attorney or on the date when the third person acquires actual knowledge of the death of the principal or that the authority granted in the power of attorney has been suspended, modified or terminated.  2. As between the principal and third persons, the acts and transactions of an attorney in fact are binding on the principal and the principal's successors in interest in any situation in which a third person is entitled to rely under section 404.719.  3. This section does not prohibit the principal, acting individually, and a third person from entering into a written agreement that sets forth their duties and liabilities as between themselves and their successors, and which expands or limits the application of sections 404.700 to 404.735, except that no agreement shall limit or restrict the right of the principal to act with respect to the third person through an attorney in fact appointed in a durable power of attorney. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 404.725 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.725 - Compensation of attorney in fact.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.725. Compensation of attorney in fact. — Subject to the provisions of the power of attorney and any separate agreement, an attorney in fact is entitled to reasonable compensation for services rendered to the principal as attorney in fact and reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred as a result of acting as attorney in fact for the principal. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 404.735 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.735 - Repeal of sections 486.550 to 486.595 does not affect validity of existing durable powers of attorney.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   404.735. Repeal of sections 486.550 to 486.595 does not affect validity of existing durable powers of attorney. — 1. The repeal of the Missouri durable power of attorney law, sections 486.550 to 486.595, shall not affect the validity of durable powers of attorney created under that law, the validity of the acts and transactions of attorneys in fact under authority granted in durable powers of attorney executed under that law, or the duties of attorneys in fact under durable powers of attorney executed under that law.  2. The provisions of sections 404.700 and 404.703, subsections 2, 3 and 4 of section 404.705, and sections 404.707 to 404.735 henceforth apply to durable powers of attorney executed before August 28, 1989, insofar as the application of sections 404.700 to 404.735 does not impair constitutionally vested rights.  3. A power of attorney that complies with the provisions of subsection 1 of section 404.705 and that was executed before August 28, 1989, is durable and valid after August 28, 1989.  4. A durable power of attorney executed under prior law need not be recorded as provided in that law to be effective and durable except as to conveyances of real estate; and the appointment of a legal representative for the principal or the principal's estate shall not require an accounting by an attorney in fact acting under a power of attorney executed under prior law, unless ordered by a court pursuant to a petition to the court under section 404.727.  5. Compliance with the provisions of subsection 1 of section 404.705 is not required for durability of a power of attorney executed prior to January 1, 1990, if the form of the power of attorney was sufficient for durability under subdivision (2) of section 486.555, RSMo 1986. ­­-------- (L. 1989 H.B. 145 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 404.737 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.737 - Exceptions to amendments of durable power of attorney law enacted in 1997.

Effective - 28 Aug 1998   404.737. Exceptions to amendments of durable power of attorney law enacted in 1997. — The amendments to the durable power of attorney law of Missouri enacted in 1997 are effective August 28, 1997, and shall apply, except that, as to powers of attorney executed prior to January 1, 1999, the laws in effect prior to August 28, 1997, shall apply if such prior laws shall be more favorable to construing said powers of attorney to:  (1) Be durable; or  (2) Grant a power sought to be exercised by the attorney-in-fact. ­­-------- (L. 1998 H.B. 1103 § 404.734 merged with S.B. 537)
MO Rev Stat § 404.800 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.800 - Short title.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.800. Short title. — Sections 404.800 to 404.865 may be cited as the "Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Act". ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)
MO Rev Stat § 404.805 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.805 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.805. Definitions. — 1. As used in sections 404.800 to 404.865, the following terms mean:  (1) "Certification", a written instrument or a written entry in a medical record;  (2) "Incapacitated", a person who is unable by reason of any physical or mental condition to receive and evaluate information or to communicate decisions to such an extent that he lacks capacity to meet essential requirements for food, clothing, shelter, safety or other care such that serious physical injury, illness or disease is likely to occur;  (3) "Patient", the principal of a durable power of attorney for health care under sections 404.800 to 404.865.  2. The definitions of section 404.703 shall apply to sections 404.800 to 404.865 except as modified by this section. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)
MO Rev Stat § 404.810 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.810 - Applicability of general law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.810. Applicability of general law. — Section 404.710, section 404.714, section 404.705, subsections 1 and 2 of section 404.707, section 404.717, subsection 1 and 2 of section 404.723, section 404.727, and section 404.731 shall apply to powers granted under sections 404.800 to 404.865. No other provisions of sections 404.700 to 404.735 shall apply to the durable power of attorney for health care act unless specifically incorporated by reference therein. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)
MO Rev Stat § 404.815 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.815 - Physician, health care facility, not to serve as attorney in fact — exceptions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.815. Physician, health care facility, not to serve as attorney in fact — exceptions. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an attending physician or an employee of the attending physician, or an owner, operator or employee of a health care facility in which the patient is a resident, shall not serve as an attorney in fact unless:  (1) The patient and attorney in fact are related by affinity or consanguinity within the second degree;  (2) The patient and attorney in fact are members of the same community of persons who are bound by vows to a religious life and who conduct or assist in the conducting of religious services and actually and regularly engage in religious, benevolent, charitable, or educational ministry, or the performance of health care services. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)
MO Rev Stat § 404.820 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.820 - Withdrawing or withholding treatment, specific authority required — restrictions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.820. Withdrawing or withholding treatment, specific authority required — restrictions. — 1. If a patient wishes to confer on an attorney in fact the authority to direct a health care provider to withhold or withdraw artificially supplied nutrition and hydration, the patient shall specifically grant such authority in the power of attorney. This limitation shall not be construed to require that artificially supplied nutrition and hydration be continued when, in the medical judgment of the attending physician, the patient cannot tolerate it.  2. Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 404.800 to 404.865 to the contrary, no attorney in fact may, with the intent of causing the death of the patient, authorize the withdrawal of nutrition or hydration which the patient may ingest through natural means.  3. Attorneys in fact shall consider appropriate measures in accord with current standards of medical practice to provide comfort to the patient.  4. Before an attorney in fact or physician may authorize the withdrawal of nutrition or hydration which the patient may ingest through artificial means, the physician must:  (1) Attempt to explain to the patient the intention to withdraw nutrition and hydration and the consequences for the patient and to provide the opportunity for the patient to refuse the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration; or  (2) Insert in the patient's file a certification that the patient is comatose or consistently in a condition which makes it impossible for the patient to understand the intention to withdraw nutrition and hydration and the consequences to the patient. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)
MO Rev Stat § 404.822 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 404 - Transfers to Minors — Personal Custodian and Durable Power of Attorney|Section 404.822 - Health care decisions, attorney in fact to consider medical diagnosis.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   404.822. Health care decisions, attorney in fact to consider medical diagnosis. — In making any health care decision in accordance with sections 404.800 to 404.865, the attorney in fact shall seek and consider information concerning the patient's medical diagnosis, the patient's prognosis and the benefits and burdens of the treatment to the patient. In withdrawing treatment, which withdrawal will allow the preexisting condition to run its natural course, the attorney in fact shall seek evidence of the medical diagnosis and the prognosis and the benefit and burden of the treatment to the patient to the extent possible within prevailing medical standards. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 148)