When someone files a petition asking a court to enforce a contract related to an estate, the court sets a date and place for a hearing. The person in charge of the estate (the executor or administrator) must be notified at least 20 days before that hearing and given a copy of the petition. The court can also send notice by registered mail to heirs or other people who stand to inherit. Those heirs or beneficiaries can join in the case by submitting a written request before the hearing starts.
473.307. Notice — — intervention. — Upon the of a for of the contract, the court shall fix the time and place for hearing thereon. Notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon, together with a copy of the petition, shall be on the or twenty days before the date of the hearing. The court may notice of the filing of the petition and of the time and place of hearing to be served by on the interested or whose addresses appear in the court's file and records in the . Any interested or may appear and , upon written to intervene filed prior to the time of the hearing.
(RSMo 1939 § 170, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 119, A.L. 1957 p. 829, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 171; 1919 § 170; 1909 § 179
Effective 1-02-79
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