Section 20 When Discretionary

• Library: Independent Administration of Estates 2011

Although an independent personal representative is directed to administer an estate according to law and without the intervention of the court, there is sufficient flexibility so that the court’s jurisdiction may be selectively invoked. Questions concerning the estate, its administration, or distribution may be submitted to the court without terminating independent administration. Section 473.787.2, RSMo Supp. 2008. Typical situations to invoke the court’s jurisdiction would be a will construction problem, an action to abandon an asset, or approval of fees in excess of the statutory...