Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.110 (2026)

Chapter not exclusive

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  469.110.  Chapter not exclusive. — This chapter does not abridge or affect the right of any person to transfer, release, disclaim or renounce any property, interest or power, or elect against a will, under any other statute or under the common law.

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(L. 1997 S.B. 265)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1958–1984 · leading case: Wilkinson v. Brune, 682 S.W.2d 107 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).
Wilkinson v. Brune, 682 S.W.2d 107 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984). “Prior to the enactment of the current election statute, an election such as the present one was governed by §§ 469.110 and 469.090(2) RSMo. 1949 (repealed 1956), which provided that the electing widow was entitled to “one-half of the real and personal estate belonging to the…”
Ellis v. Williams, 312 S.W.2d 97 (Mo. 1958). “Intervenor offered, and the trial court excluded, her election to take one-half of deceased’s real and personal property subject to debts, under §§ 469.110 and 469.120 in-lieu of the dower as provided by § 469.”
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