If a deceased person's surviving spouse or unmarried minor children don't get certain property they are allowed by law, and that property gets sold by the person handling the estate, the court must order that the money from that sale be given to the surviving spouse or unmarried minor children before any of it goes toward debts or is split up among others.
474.280. of sale of paid over, when. — If the or unmarried do not receive the property allowed him or them under section 474.250 and the same is sold by the or , the court shall the money to be paid to the surviving spouse or unmarried minor children at any time before the same is paid out for or .
(RSMo 1939 § 109, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 137, A.L. 1957 p. 829)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 110; 1919 § 109; 1909 § 118
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