{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.043","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.043","heading":"Beneficiary designation designating a trustee under trust not invalid because trust is amendable or revocable — trust that is revoked, terminated or does not exist at death of owner, effect.","body":"1. A beneficiary designation designating a trustee under a trust established or to be established by the owner or some other person, including a funded or unfunded trust, shall not be invalid because the trust is amendable or revocable or both or because the trust was amended after the designation.\n2. Unless a beneficiary designation provides otherwise, a trust that was revoked or terminated before the death of the owner shall be deemed not to have survived the owner.\n3. Unless a beneficiary designation provides otherwise, a legal entity or trust that does not exist or come into existence at the time of the owner's death shall be deemed not to have survived the owner.","path":["Title XXXI - TRUSTS AND ESTATES OF DECEDENTS AND PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY","Chapter 461 - Nonprobate Transfers Law"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=461.043","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"f4aa3761b5bc0d8121f208f3edac1ec7a6a9478155b4e57e8d5419248744f61d","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.042","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-461.045"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}