{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-459.035","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 459.035","heading":"Declarant presumed to be competent.","body":"For the purpose of sections 459.010 to 459.055, a physician or medical care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was competent when it was executed. The fact of an individual having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant's mental incapacity. Advanced age of itself shall not be a bar to a determination of capacity.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 459 - Declarations, Life Support"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=459.035","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"6c202d6ca888b683741fe38ac2cde4281d831d6875ebb0a2d79efb45945d750a","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-459.030","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-459.040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}