Apportionment of property between surviving spouse and children
When a spouse dies, a court can split up the property between the surviving spouse and any unmarried minor children if the court decides that split would be fair.
473.095. of property between and children. — In cases arising under sections 473.090 and 473.093, the court, if it finds that it would be just and to make an apportionment of property between a surviving spouse and unmarried , shall in its thereunder make such of the property as the apportionment.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1957 p. 829)
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