If a court orders the person in charge of a dead person's estate to hand out money to the family or others who are owed it, and that person does not pay, the court can take legal action against that person and anyone who backed them financially to force the payment to happen.
473.653. Proceedings to . — When an is made by the court upon an or to pay over money to the , , or of an , and he fails to make such payment, the same proceedings may be had against him and his to compel payment as are in cases where an executor or administrator fails when ordered to pay allowed against an estate.
(RSMo 1939 § 245, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 229)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 246; 1919 § 245; 1909 § 254
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