Growing numbers of pet owners in Missouri are including their pets in their wills through trusts or other means, according to lawyers who create those provisions. In 2004, Missouri became one of 40 states to allow a pet to be the beneficiary of a trust.
PHOTO GALLERY: More Missouri pet owners place animals in wills
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 | 12:46 p.m. CDT;
updated 2:01 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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