Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.120 (2026)
Retroactive effect
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469.120. Retroactive effect. — This chapter shall be effective with respect to any disclaimer made after August 13, 1982, except that rights which have vested pursuant to any such disclaimer shall not be disturbed by the provisions of this chapter.
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(L. 1997 S.B. 265)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1954–2000 · leading case: Barrett v. Comm'r, 22 T.C. 606 (Tax Ct. 1954).
Barrett v. Comm'r, 22 T.C. 606 (Tax Ct. 1954). “) In Lyeth v. Hoey , the Supreme Court found too formal for substance the distinction between *182 a payment made to an heir pursuant to judgment in a proceeding contesting a will and a payment made in compromise, in advance of trial, of the claims made in the proceeding.”
Schake v. Siem, 265 S.W.2d 338 (Mo. 1954). “020 until letters of administration had been granted upon his deceased wife’s estate, for the reason that § 469.120 requires that the deed of election shall be filed within twelve months after the first publication of notice of granting the same.”
Traders Nat'l Bank of Kansas City v. United States, 148 F. Supp. 278 (W.D. Mo. 1956). “and also her declaration to take her statutory interest in the decedent’s estate, pursuant to the provisions of § 469.120, V.A.M.S. Thereafter, as a result of said renunciation, she became endowed of a one-third part of all the lands whereof her husband died seized, § 469.”
Robert J. Blackwell v. Michael Lurie, 223 F.3d 764 (8th Cir. 2000). “See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.120 ("This chapter shall be effective with respect to any disclaimer made after August 13, 1982, except that rights which have vested pursuant to any such disclaimer shall not be disturbed by the provisions of this chapter.”
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