Court may order administration previously commenced pursuant to guardianship law, dispensed with, when
If someone dies and court proceedings have already started (either under this chapter or under guardianship law), another person can ask the court to switch to a simpler process for handling the estate. If the court agrees that the simpler process would have been allowed from the start, it can order the case to be handled that way instead. The court can do this with or without telling other people involved.
473.092. Court may previously law, , when. — At any time during a commenced pursuant to this chapter, or, after the death of a , at any time during a proceeding commenced pursuant to chapter 475, upon by any person who could have applied to the court pursuant to section 473.090 or section 473.097, if the court finds the requirements of either section would have been initially met, the court may order the pending matter be completed under section 473.090 or section 473.097 and proceed pursuant to either section as by . The court may proceed with or without notice to any .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1996 S.B. 494) Effective 5-23-96
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