If a guardianship or conservatorship case was started in the wrong county, or if the person being taken care of moves to a different county, a court can send the whole case to a court in the right county. The new court then takes over the case and handles it like it started there in the first place.
475.040. . — If it appears to the court, acting on the of the , the , the or of a over the age of fourteen, or , at any time before the of the or , that the was in the wrong county, or that the of the ward or has changed to another county, or in case of conservatorship of the that it would be for the best interest of the ward or and his estate, the court may the proceeding with all papers, files and a of the proceedings red to the of another county. The court to which the transfer is made shall take of the case, place the transcript of and proceed to the of the case as if the appointment originally had been made by it.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1955 p. 385 § 289, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 2023 S.B. 103)
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RSMo 475.035
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RSMo 475.045
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RSMo 475.046
Appointment of guardian or conservator of disabled or incapacitated persons
RSMo 475.050
Letters of guardianship and conservatorship issued, when
RSMo 475.030
Qualifications of guardians or conservators
RSMo 475.055
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