Effective - 28 Aug 2011
475.522. Exclusive basis. — This article provides the exclusive jurisdictional basis for a court of this state to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for an adult.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXI - Trusts and Estates of Decedents and Persons Under Disability
Chapter 475 - Probate Code — Guardianship
Section 475.010 - Definitions.
Section 475.011 - Preference for spiritual healing not evidence of incapacity.
Section 475.020 - Applicability of provisions of probate code to guardianship.
Section 475.025 - Rights of parents as natural guardians of minors.
Section 475.030 - Letters of guardianship and conservatorship issued, when.
Section 475.040 - Change of venue.
Section 475.045 - Who may be appointed guardian of minor.
Section 475.055 - Qualifications of guardians or conservators.
Section 475.062 - Procedures for petition for appointment of conservator.
Section 475.065 - Single guardianship or conservatorship for two or more persons.
Section 475.077 - Judgment of incapacity or disability set aside, when.
Section 475.078 - Effect of adjudication.
Section 475.079 - Order appointing guardian or conservator.
Section 475.080 - Appointment of limited guardian or conservator.
Section 475.083 - Termination of guardianship or conservatorship, when.
Section 475.084 - Visitation, parent may petition for, when.
Section 475.085 - Cost of proceedings as to disability or incapacity.
Section 475.091 - Court's powers, estates or affairs of minors or disabled persons.
Section 475.093 - Court may authorize participation in family trust.
Section 475.094 - Conservator, authorized exercise of powers.
Section 475.095 - Conservator of the estate of nonresident minors and disabled persons.
Section 475.097 - Conservator or guardian ad litem — conflicts of interest, removal.
Section 475.100 - Bond of conservator of estate of minor or disabled person.
Section 475.105 - Letters of guardianship or conservatorship — form.
Section 475.115 - Appointment of successor guardian or conservator — transfer of case, procedure.
Section 475.121 - Admission to mental health or developmental disability facilities.
Section 475.123 - Medical and surgical procedures — consent — emergency.
Section 475.125 - Support and education of protectee and dependents.
Section 475.130 - General duties and powers of conservator of estate.
Section 475.132 - Individual liability of conservator.
Section 475.134 - Protection of persons dealing with conservator.
Section 475.140 - Notice of conservatorship of disabled persons.
Section 475.145 - Inventory and appraisement.
Section 475.150 - Appraisement not required, when.
Section 475.155 - Continuation of business.
Section 475.160 - Assets of protectee, action to obtain, procedure.
Section 475.190 - Investment of liquid assets of estate of protectee — reports.
Section 475.200 - Purposes for which property may be sold — petition, examination, order.
Section 475.205 - Claims against estate — procedure.
Section 475.211 - Claims against minors or protectees, classification.
Section 475.213 - Payment of claims according to priority.
Section 475.230 - Sales of real estate, how made — notice required.
Section 475.235 - Order of sale, contents.
Section 475.240 - Report and approval of sale.
Section 475.250 - Effect of conveyance.
Section 475.255 - Receipts and acknowledgments of conservators, effect.
Section 475.260 - Actions against protectee, process, enforcement of judgments.
Section 475.265 - Compensation of guardians and conservators.
Section 475.270 - Annual settlements required, when, exception — information required.
Section 475.276 - Order waiving settlement, when.
Section 475.280 - Settlement and report dockets — notice to conservators and guardians.
Section 475.290 - Final settlement required, when — notice.
Section 475.295 - Death of conservator, personal representative to make settlement — waived when.
Section 475.300 - Order for payment to protectee of amount due.
Section 475.305 - Enforcement of order of payment.
Section 475.310 - Estate delivered by resident conservator to foreign guardian or conservator, when.
Section 475.315 - Receipt by protectee, successor or others, discharge.
Section 475.320 - Death of protectee, distribution of estate — administration, when.
Section 475.322 - Use of multiple-party accounts and joint property.
Section 475.325 - Escheat of minor's estate, when.
Section 475.330 - Conservatorship dispensed with, when.
Section 475.335 - Payment and delivery to foreign guardian or conservator.
Section 475.336 - Effect of filing letters of foreign guardian or curator.
Section 475.337 - Jurisdiction by act of foreign guardian or conservator.
Section 475.338 - Service on foreign guardian or conservator.
Section 475.339 - Nonresident domiciliary guardian or conservator.
Section 475.340 - Mortgage or sale of real estate of ward by nonresident conservator.
Section 475.341 - Voidable transactions, exceptions.
Section 475.342 - Estate property, conservator's duties.
Section 475.345 - Transactions of protectees voidable, when.
Section 475.350 - Incapacitated public officer, proceedings.
Section 475.355 - Temporary emergency detention.
Section 475.357 - Child custody and visitation, probate courts to have jurisdiction, when.
Section 475.361 - Wards, rights of.
Section 475.370 - Exhaustion of estate.
Section 475.380 - Definitions.
Section 475.385 - Administrator as party in interest.
Section 475.390 - When guardian appointed.
Section 475.395 - Number of wards limited.
Section 475.400 - Petition for appointment of guardian.
Section 475.405 - Proof of necessity for appointment — minority.
Section 475.410 - Proof of necessity for appointment — incompetency.
Section 475.415 - Notice of petition for appointment.
Section 475.420 - Qualifications and bond of guardian.
Section 475.425 - Filing of accounts — notice of hearing.
Section 475.430 - Removal for failure to file accounts.
Section 475.435 - Compensation of guardian.
Section 475.440 - Investment of funds.
Section 475.445 - Application of funds.
Section 475.450 - Purchase of home for ward.
Section 475.455 - Discharge of guardian and release of sureties.
Section 475.460 - Commitment to Veterans Administration or other United States agency.
Section 475.465 - Construction and application.
Section 475.470 - Short title.
Section 475.475 - Other laws as applicable.
Section 475.501 - Short title.
Section 475.502 - Definitions.
Section 475.503 - International application of act.
Section 475.504 - Communication between courts.
Section 475.505 - Cooperation between courts.
Section 475.506 - Taking testimony in another state.
Section 475.521 - Definitions — significant connection factors.
Section 475.522 - Exclusive basis.
Section 475.523 - Jurisdiction.
Section 475.524 - Special jurisdiction.
Section 475.525 - Exclusive and continuing jurisdiction.
Section 475.526 - Appropriate forum.
Section 475.527 - Jurisdiction declined by reason of conduct.
Section 475.528 - Notice of proceeding.
Section 475.529 - Proceedings in more than one state.
Section 475.531 - Transfer of guardianship or conservatorship to another state.
Section 475.532 - Accepting guardianship or conservatorship transferred from another state.
Section 475.541 - Registration of guardianship orders.
Section 475.542 - Registration of protective orders.
Section 475.543 - Effect of registration.
Section 475.544 - State law applicability.
Section 475.551 - Uniformity of application and construction.
Section 475.552 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 475.555 - Effective date.