Tag Archive: Transfer on Death

Missouri Beneficiary Deeds – What Happens when the Owner Dies?

We have blogged several times about Missouri Beneficiary Deeds — the good, the bad, and the ugly.  We ran into a new situation today.  A divorced dad died a few months ago and left his house to 19 year old Molly, his only child, through a beneficiary deed.  We offered to help her  with “getting…

Another Missouri Beneficiary Deed that Failed

A good friend and client just became the victim of a poorly conceived Estate Plan involving a Missouri Beneficiary Deed.  Fortunately I wasn’t the one who advised that be used.  Unfortunately I wasn’t asked to, because I would have advised against it. My friend, Lenny, and his sister, Martha, had been named beneficiaries on their…