Missouri § 459.035 Declarant presumed to be competent.

Missouri Statutes

§ 459.035 — Declarant presumed to be competent.

Missouri § 459.035

Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY

Ch. 459Declarations, Life Support

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 459.035 (2026).

Text

For the purpose of sections 459.010 to 459.055 , a physician or medical care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was competent when it was executed.  The fact of an individual having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant's mental incapacity.  Advanced age of itself shall not be a bar to a determination of capacity.

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For the purpose of sections 459.010 to 459.055 , a physician or medical care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was competent when it was executed. The fact of an individual having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant's mental incapacity. Advanced age of itself shall not be a bar to a determination of capacity.