Section 3.11 Application for Letters

• Library: Estate Administration 2014 Supp

E. (§3.11) Application for Letters

As provided by § 473.017.1, RSMo 2000, the application for letters testamentary or of administration must state:

(1) The name, age, sex, domicile, last residence address and the fact and date of death of the decedent;

(2) The names, relationship to decedent, and residence addresses of the surviving spouse, heirs, devisees and legatees of the decedent, if any, and their birth dates, if minors; the names and addresses of the conservators of any minor or disabled heirs, legatees or spouse of the decedent, if known; and if applicant has reason to believe that there are any heirs or devisees who are mentally incapacitated or that there are other heirs or devisees but their names and addresses are unknown to him, he shall so state; [ see Bosworth v. Sewell, 918 S.W.2d 773 (Mo. banc 1996) (heirs without knowledge of estate administration who were not listed on application for letters were not barred from filing will contest almost ten months after first publication of notice of letters)];

(3) The probable value of the real and personal property;

(4) If decedent had no domicile in this state, the

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