Missouri Laws 473.397 – Classification of claims and statutory allowances
All claims and statutory allowances against the estate of a decedent shall be divided into the following classes:
(1) Costs;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 473.397
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. 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
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Expenses of administration;
(3) Exempt property, family and homestead allowances;
(4) Funeral expenses;
(5) Debts and taxes due the United States of America;
(6) Debts for medical assistance owed to the state of Missouri under section 473.398;
(7) Expenses of the last sickness, wages of servants, claims for medicine and medical attendance during the last sickness, and the reasonable cost of a tombstone;
(8) Debts and taxes due the state of Missouri, any county, or any political subdivision of the state of Missouri;
(9) Judgments rendered against the decedent in his lifetime and judgments rendered upon attachments levied upon property of decedent during his lifetime;
(10) All other claims not barred by section 473.360.