Article Title
Probable Intent vs. Certainty: The Missouri Probate Court and the Uniform Probate Code
Abstract
This Note seeks to address how increasingly complex family situations should impact intestacy statutes. In In re Brockmire, the Supreme Court of Missouri specifically addressed what occurs when a decedent predeceases his biological granddaughter and his biological daughter, who had been adopted as an adult by her stepfather. Unfortunately, the court, bound by statute, was unable to even contemplate a remedy consistent with the probable intent of the decedent.
Recommended Citation
Stephanie Pierce,
Probable Intent vs. Certainty: The Missouri Probate Court and the Uniform Probate Code,
80 Mo. L. Rev.
(2015)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/mlr/vol80/iss3/10