Foreign personal representative subject to jurisdiction of courts of state, when
A foreign personal representative (someone appointed to handle a dead person's estate in another state) can be brought under Missouri court authority in three ways: by filing paperwork about their appointment in Missouri, by collecting money or property in Missouri, or by doing any other official estate-related act in Missouri that would normally give Missouri courts authority over a person.
473.685. subject to of courts of state, when. — A foreign personal representative submits himself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state by:
(1) of his appointment as provided in section 473.676;
(2) Receiving payment of money or taking of under section 473.691; or
(3) Doing any act as a in this state which would have given the state jurisdiction over him as an individual.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Related Missouri laws
Foreign personal representative also subject to court's jurisdiction to same extent as decedent prior to death
RSMo 473.687
Priority of personal representative appointed by court of decedent's domicile
RSMo 473.682
Service of process on foreign personal representative, how made
RSMo 473.689
Debtor or custodian may pay or deliver personal property to foreign representative, when
RSMo 473.691
Power of domiciliary foreign personal representative, when executed
RSMo 473.678
Adjudication against any personal representative of estate binding on local personal representative
RSMo 473.692
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