Probate Court Filings re JF's Estate?
At time of his death, did JF have a will?
When was will drafted, signed, & witnessed?
Before or after divorce decree, entered May 10, 2023?*
If will included bequests to his former wife, by Mo. Statute below, those provisions are revoked, and the estate is distributed as if the divorced spouse died at the time of the divorce. (IIUC)
I wonder if he was aware of this.
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*From Mo. Ct records re JF’s second divorce, Docket Entries.
** “474.420. Change in circumstances — divorce. — If after making a will the testator is divorced, all provisions in the will in favor of the testator's spouse so divorced are thereby revoked but the effect of the revocation shall be the same as if the divorced spouse had died at the time of the divorce. With this exception, no written will, nor any part thereof, can be revoked by any change in the circumstances or condition of the testator.”
^ 2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 474.420. — Change in circumstances--divorce.
Change in circumstances — divorce.
revisor.mo.gov