When someone applies to manage a deceased person's estate, the fees for that process come out of the estate's money. If someone applies and gets turned down, that person has to pay the fees themselves.
473.720. Payment of . — The costs attending the of , or the , shall be paid out of the of the ; and all costs arising upon an for which are refused shall be paid by the .
(RSMo 1939 § 271)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 272; 1919 § 271; 1909 § 278
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