Missouri Statutes
§ 474.420 — Change in circumstances — divorce.
Missouri § 474.420
JurisdictionMissouri
Title XXXITRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
Ch. 474Probate Code — Intestate Succession and Wills
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.420 (2026).
Text
If after making a will the testator is divorced, all provisions in the will in favor of the testator's spouse so divorced are thereby revoked but the effect of the revocation shall be the same as if the divorced spouse had died at the time of the divorce. With this exception, no written will, nor any part thereof, can be revoked by any change in the circumstances or condition of the testator.
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Legislative History
(L. 1955 p. 385 § 271)
Nearby Sections
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§ 474.010
General rules of descent.§ 474.030
Partial intestacy.§ 474.050
Posthumous children to inherit.§ 474.070
Legitimation by marriage.§ 474.100
Alienage no bar to descent.§ 474.110
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 474.420, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/474/474.420.