Guardianship
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Missouri guardianship laws cover how a court appoints a guardian or conservator for a minor or an adult who cannot care for themselves or manage their finances. These statutes explain the process and the duties involved.
Definitions
RSMo 475.010
Preference for spiritual healing not evidence of incapacity
RSMo 475.011
Relationship of guardianship provisions to uniform veterans' guardianship law
RSMo 475.015
Persons adjudged incompetent prior to September 28, 1983
RSMo 475.016
Applicability of provisions of probate code to guardianship
RSMo 475.020
Rights of parents as natural guardians of minors
RSMo 475.025
Letters of guardianship and conservatorship issued, when
RSMo 475.030
Venue
RSMo 475.035
Change of venue
RSMo 475.040
Who may be appointed guardian of minor
RSMo 475.045
Standby guardian permitted, when
RSMo 475.046
Appointment of guardian or conservator of disabled or incapacitated persons
RSMo 475.050
Qualifications of guardians or conservators
RSMo 475.055
Application for guardianship
RSMo 475.060
Application for conservatorship
RSMo 475.061
Procedures for petition for appointment of conservator
RSMo 475.062
Single guardianship or conservatorship for two or more persons
RSMo 475.065
Notice of petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for a minor
RSMo 475.070
Hearing on capacity or disability
RSMo 475.075
Judgment of incapacity or disability set aside, when
RSMo 475.077
Effect of adjudication
RSMo 475.078
Order appointing guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.079
Appointment of limited guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.080
Persons having disappeared, absent from country, or forcibly detained, to be partially disabled, limited conservator appointed
RSMo 475.081
Review of status of persons under guardianship or conservatorship
RSMo 475.082
Termination of guardianship or conservatorship, when
RSMo 475.083
Visitation, parent may petition for, when
RSMo 475.084
Cost of proceedings as to disability or incapacity
RSMo 475.085
Court's powers, estates or affairs of minors or disabled persons
RSMo 475.091
Protective arrangements and single transactions, court's powers
RSMo 475.092
Court may authorize participation in family trust
RSMo 475.093
Conservator, authorized exercise of powers
RSMo 475.094
Conservator of the estate of nonresident minors and disabled persons
RSMo 475.095
Conservator or guardian ad litem
RSMo 475.097
Bond of conservator of estate of minor or disabled person
RSMo 475.100
Letters of guardianship or conservatorship
RSMo 475.105
Removal of guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.110
Appointment of successor guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.115
General powers and duties of guardian of the person
RSMo 475.120
Admission to mental health or developmental disability facilities
RSMo 475.121
Medical and surgical procedures
RSMo 475.123
Support and education of protectee and dependents
RSMo 475.125
General duties and powers of conservator of estate
RSMo 475.130
Individual liability of conservator
RSMo 475.132
Protection of persons dealing with conservator
RSMo 475.134
Notice of conservatorship of disabled persons
RSMo 475.140
Inventory and appraisement
RSMo 475.145
Appraisement not required, when
RSMo 475.150
Continuation of business
RSMo 475.155
Assets of protectee, action to obtain, procedure
RSMo 475.160
Investment of liquid assets of estate of protectee
RSMo 475.190
Purposes for which property may be sold
RSMo 475.200
Claims against estate
RSMo 475.205
Filing of notice of pendency of action in other court against conservator, effect
RSMo 475.210
Claims against minors or protectees, classification
RSMo 475.211
Payment of claims according to priority
RSMo 475.213
Sales of real estate, how made
RSMo 475.230
Order of sale, contents
RSMo 475.235
Report and approval of sale
RSMo 475.240
Deeds by conservator or successor, acknowledgment, evidentiary effect
RSMo 475.245
Effect of conveyance
RSMo 475.250
Receipts and acknowledgments of conservators, effect
RSMo 475.255
Actions against protectee, process, enforcement of judgments
RSMo 475.260
Compensation of guardians and conservators
RSMo 475.265
Annual settlements required, when, exception
RSMo 475.270
Verification of securities held by conservator
RSMo 475.275
Order waiving settlement, when
RSMo 475.276
Settlement and report dockets
RSMo 475.280
Final settlement required, when
RSMo 475.290
Death of conservator, personal representative to make settlement
RSMo 475.295
Order for payment to protectee of amount due
RSMo 475.300
Enforcement of order of payment
RSMo 475.305
Estate delivered by resident conservator to foreign guardian or conservator, when
RSMo 475.310
Receipt by protectee, successor or others, discharge
RSMo 475.315
Death of protectee, distribution of estate
RSMo 475.320
Use of multiple-party accounts and joint property
RSMo 475.322
Escheat of minor's estate, when
RSMo 475.325
Conservatorship dispensed with, when
RSMo 475.330
Payment and delivery to foreign guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.335
Effect of filing letters of foreign guardian or curator
RSMo 475.336
Jurisdiction by act of foreign guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.337
Service on foreign guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.338
Nonresident domiciliary guardian or conservator
RSMo 475.339
Mortgage or sale of real estate of ward by nonresident conservator
RSMo 475.340
Voidable transactions, exceptions
RSMo 475.341
Estate property, conservator's duties
RSMo 475.342
Personal financial resources, guardian not obligated to use
RSMo 475.343
Transactions of protectees voidable, when
RSMo 475.345
Incapacitated public officer, proceedings
RSMo 475.350
Temporary emergency detention
RSMo 475.355
Child custody and visitation, probate courts to have jurisdiction, when
RSMo 475.357
Wards, rights of
RSMo 475.361
Exhaustion of estate
RSMo 475.370
Definitions
RSMo 475.380
Administrator as party in interest
RSMo 475.385
When guardian appointed
RSMo 475.390
Number of wards limited
RSMo 475.395
Petition for appointment of guardian
RSMo 475.400
Proof of necessity for appointment
RSMo 475.405
Proof of necessity for appointment
RSMo 475.410
Notice of petition for appointment
RSMo 475.415
Qualifications and bond of guardian
RSMo 475.420
Filing of accounts
RSMo 475.425
Removal for failure to file accounts
RSMo 475.430
Compensation of guardian
RSMo 475.435
Investment of funds
RSMo 475.440
Application of funds
RSMo 475.445
Purchase of home for ward
RSMo 475.450
Discharge of guardian and release of sureties
RSMo 475.455
Commitment to Veterans Administration or other United States agency
RSMo 475.460
Construction and application
RSMo 475.465
Short title
RSMo 475.470
Other laws as applicable
RSMo 475.475
Application of provisions relating to surety bonds and administration of estates of wards
RSMo 475.480
Short title
RSMo 475.501
Definitions
RSMo 475.502
International application of act
RSMo 475.503
Communication between courts
RSMo 475.504
Cooperation between courts
RSMo 475.505
Taking testimony in another state
RSMo 475.506
Definitions
RSMo 475.521
Exclusive basis
RSMo 475.522
Jurisdiction
RSMo 475.523
Special jurisdiction
RSMo 475.524
Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction
RSMo 475.525
Appropriate forum
RSMo 475.526
Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct
RSMo 475.527
Notice of proceeding
RSMo 475.528
Proceedings in more than one state
RSMo 475.529
Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state
RSMo 475.531
Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state
RSMo 475.532
Registration of guardianship orders
RSMo 475.541
Registration of protective orders
RSMo 475.542
Effect of registration
RSMo 475.543
State law applicability
RSMo 475.544
Uniformity of application and construction
RSMo 475.551
Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
RSMo 475.552
Effective date
RSMo 475.555
Citation of law
RSMo 475.600
Delegation to attorney-in-fact, powers
RSMo 475.602
Delegation form, contents
RSMo 475.604