If someone believes a certain piece of property belongs to a protected person's estate, they can file a paper with the court asking it to decide who really owns that property or who should have it. This includes the person managing the estate, the protected person, people owed money, or anyone else with an interest in the property. The court then follows a set legal process to figure out the answer.
475.160. of , to obtain, procedure. — Any , protectee, or other person, including a person interested in , or otherwise, who an interest in property which is claimed to be an of the of a protectee or which is claimed should be an asset of such an estate, may file a in any court having of such estate seeking of the and right of . The shall describe the property, if known, shall allege the nature of the interest of the and that title or possession of the property, or both, are being or claimed. The court shall proceed on such petition in accordance with the of section 473.340.
(RSMo 1939 §§ 400, 401, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 313, A.L. 1973 S.B. 113, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al.)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 400, 401; 1919 §§ 395, 396; 1909 §§ 427, 428
(1966) In a statutory to discover assets the written and the answers thereto constitute the and settle the issues. In re Estate of Layne (A.), 403 S.W.2d 242.
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