2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXI TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
Chapter 474 Probate Code--Intestate Succession and Wills
Section 474.190. Form of election, filing.
Form of election, filing.
474.190. The election to take the share hereinbefore provided shall be in writing, signed and acknowledged by the surviving spouse or by the guardian ad litem or conservator of his estate and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court. It may be in the following form:
I, A. B., surviving wife (or husband) of C. D., late of the county of .......... and state of ............ do hereby elect to take my legal share in the estate of the said C. D., and do hereby renounce all provisions in the will of the said C. D. inconsistent herewith.
Signed, ............................................. (Acknowledgment)
(Signature)
(L. 1955 p. 385 255, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
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