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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.657 (2026)

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  473.657.  Distribution. — 1.  Distribution to a distributee may be made to the distributee or to a person holding a power of attorney properly executed by the distributee in accordance with the law of the place of execution, or to the distributee's personal representative, guardian, or conservator.

  2.  Distribution may be made to the trustees of a trust account established pursuant to sections 402.199 to 402.208 if the court finds that the distributee qualifies as a life beneficiary under subdivision (1) of section 402.200 and that such distribution would be in the best interest of the distributee as prescribed by section 475.093.

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(RSMo 1939 § 251, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 230, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45 merged with H.B. 369, A.L. 1996 S.B. 494 merged with S.B. 768, A.L. 1999 S.B. 211, A.L. 2011 S.B. 70)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 252; 1919 § 251

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1973–1998 · leading case: St. Louis Health Care Network v. State, 968 S.W.2d 145 (Mo. 1998).
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St. Louis Health Care Network v. State, 968 S.W.2d 145 (Mo. 1998). · cites it 2× “Section 473.657 allows probate distributions to a distributee or to the distrubutee’s attorney in fact, personal representative, guardian, or conservator.”
Est. of Fedina v. Fedina, 491 S.W.2d 552 (Mo. 1973). · cites it 2× “*559 In subpart (8) appellants challenge the sufficiency of a power of attorney executed pursuant to § 473.657 RSMo 1969, which authorizes the distribution to nonresident or foreign distributees to be made “to the distributees themselves or to persons holding powers of attorney…”
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