2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability
Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship
Section 475.093 Court may authorize participation in family trust.
Effective 28 Aug 2011
Title XXXI TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY
Chapter 475475.093. Court may authorize participation in family trust. — 1. If the court finds that the establishment of a trust would be in the protectee's best interest, the court may authorize the establishment of a trust account for the benefit of a protectee pursuant to sections 402.199 to 402.208, if it finds that the protectee qualifies as a life beneficiary pursuant to subdivision (1) of section 402.200, or the court may authorize the establishment of such trust for the benefit of a protectee pursuant to section 475.092.
2. A trust account established pursuant to sections 402.199 to 402.208 will be in the best interest of the protectee, notwithstanding the fact that a sum not exceeding twenty-five percent of the principal balance as defined in subdivision (9) of section 402.200 will be distributed to the charitable trust of the Missouri family trust as prescribed by section 402.203.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 768, A.L. 1998 S.B. 852 & 913, A.L. 1999 S.B. 211 merged with S.B. 386, A.L. 2011 S.B. 70)
