478.270. Judge or clerk not to prepare wills or settlements--letters revoked, when. - Missouri Statutes

Judge or clerk not to prepare wills or settlements--letters revoked,when.

478.270. 1. No judge or clerk of the probate division ofthe circuit court shall draw or witness any will or make anysettlement for any administrator, executor or guardian over whichhis court has jurisdiction.

2. The acceptance of the office of judge of the probatedivision of the circuit court operates as a revocation of allletters testamentary and of administration and of guardianshipheld by a judge of a probate division of a circuit court at thetime of his election, and disqualifies him from acting in anycapacity in such cases in any court of this state.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Effective 1-2-79

*No continuity with § 478.270 as repealed by L. 1978 H.B. 1634; this section was formerly numbered 481.130.