Missouri Laws 404.031 – Custodian if no appointed conservator, who may serve — approval of court ..
1. If there is no appointed conservator for administration of a minor’s estate, any person indebted to a minor, including a personal representative, trustee, benefit plan, insurance company, agency of any state or of the United States, or any person holding property belonging to a minor, not having a power from a donor to designate a custodian, may designate and transfer the property to any adult person or financial institution, including the transferor if a member of the minor’s family, as custodian for the minor under sections 404.005 to 404.094.
2. A minor who does not have an appointed conservator for administration of the minor’s estate may designate and transfer property that the minor owns to any adult person or financial institution as custodian for the minor under sections 404.005 to 404.094.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 404.031
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. Approval of the court shall be obtained for any designation under subsection 1 or 2 of this section of a custodian that is not a financial institution, if the value of the property at the time of transfer to the designated custodian exceeds ten thousand dollars. The court may approve the designation under subsection 1 or 2 of this section of any person to act as custodian to hold and administer the property with or without bond and with or without court supervision, upon such terms as the court may require, and may order transfer of the property to a court supervised conservator.