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Missouri does not recognize holographic wills (wills that are handwritten by the testator and are not signed and attested by witnesses). All wills must be attested to by two or more competent witnesses. A handwritten will that is witnessed properly by two witnesses is valid.

The Missouri statute authorizing the creation of living wills specifies that the statement or declaration be in substantially the following form: ?I have the primary right to make my own decisions concerning treatment that might unduly prolong the dying process.

There is also a Missouri law that requires that a Will must be admitted into evidence in the Probate Court within one year from the decedent's date of death. Therefore, we recommend anyone holding a Will for a deceased person contact us immediately to go about filing it with the Court.

No, in Missouri, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Missouri allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

Getting legally separated in Missouri is similar to getting a divorce. To initiate the legal separation process, one spouse must be a resident in the county for at least 90 days. This spouse must file a petition for ?Separate Maintenance? at their county circuit court and then serve the papers to the other party.

In Missouri, the law considers ?joint custody? to be in the best interest of the child. If parents are unable to agree on a parenting plan, the court selects one parent as the ?residential parent? for school and mail purposes.