Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.040

Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session

Section 527.040 - Declaration of rights or legal relationships, right to obtain, when

Any person interested as or through a personal representative, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, legatee, heir, next of kin, or cestui que trust, in the administration of a trust, or of the estate of a decedent, an infant, mentally incapacitated person, or insolvent may have a declaration of rights or legal relations in respect thereto:

(1) To ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, legatees, heirs, next of kin or others; or

(2) To direct the personal representatives or trustees to do or abstain from doing any particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

(3) To determine any question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

§ 527.040, RSMo

RSMo 1939 § 1129, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45