HB 1978 -- Intestate Succession and Wills

Sponsor:  Lawson

This bill modifies Section 474.020, RSMo, to use plain language
that a layperson can easily understand.  In addition, the bill
provides that all the provisions in a will favoring a testator's
former spouse are revoked if a testator's marriage is dissolved
or annulled after the will was made.  The effect of the
revocation is the same as if the former spouse or relatives of
the former spouse had died at the time of the divorce.  The
current statute does not include "relatives of the former
spouse" and does not specify that the will provisions are
revoked when the marriage is annulled.