Missouri Determination of Warship is a legal process used to establish the legal heirs of a deceased person who did not have a valid will. This process is necessary when someone dies without a will or has an invalid will due to not meeting the requirements of Missouri probate law. The process is started when a petition is filed with the probate court in the county where the decedent lived at the time of death. The court will then appoint a personal representative to investigate the decedent’s estate and determine who the legal heirs are. The personal representative will then submit a report with their findings to the court. The court will then issue a judgment that will declare the legal heirs according to Missouri law. There are two types of Missouri Determination of Warship: an intestate proceeding, which occurs when a person dies without a will, and a testamentary proceeding, which occurs when a person has an invalid will. The process is the same for both types of proceedings, but the intestate proceeding will involve the laws of intestacy, which outlines the order of legal heirs when someone dies without a will.