When the person in charge of a dead person's belongings (called a personal representative) wants to make a claim to get money from that estate, they cannot just decide it themselves. If there is another person helping run the estate, the claim goes through them. If there is no other helper, a court picks a separate person to handle the other side of the argument. That separate person gets paid a fee, and usually the person making the claim pays that fee — unless the claim started before the person died, or the person making the claim spent their own money to help the estate.
473.423. of — how established — procedure — fee. — A personal representative may establish a claim against the by against his in the manner prescribed for other persons; but if there is no corepresentative, he shall file his claim and other papers, and, unless the persons whose interests would be adversely affected in writing, the court shall appoint some suitable person as to appear and manage the . The fee allowed to the administrator ad litem shall be charged against the as unless the claimant can show that the claim arose prior to 's death or, that by advancing funds on behalf of the estate, the estate was benefitted thereby, in which event the fee allowed the administrator ad litem shall be charged as costs against the estate and paid as an .
(RSMo 1939 § 202, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 158, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 203; 1919 § 202; 1909 § 211
Effective 1-01-81
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Related Missouri laws
Compromise of claims against estate
RSMo 473.427
Payments of claims and statutory allowances in order of classification
RSMo 473.430
Hearing and disposition of claims
RSMo 473.413
Payment of claims not required prior to six months after first publication
RSMo 473.433
Offsets or counterclaims
RSMo 473.410
Extension or renewal of encumbrances of assets
RSMo 473.437
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