definition of “owner” expressly includes “joint owners.” Section 461.005(8). “Joint owners” is defined as “persons who hold property as joint tenants with right of survivorship and a husband and wife who hold property as tenants by the entirety.” The Bank’s construction of the definition of “nonprobate transfers” would render the Nonprobate Transfer Law an undecipherable Gordian Knot. When the plain language of a statute yields a result that is harmonious with other provisions in the statutory scheme, we will not yield to the impulse of imposing a contrary construction on one provision of the statute that would create disharmony and lead to absurd results when read with other provisions of the statute. Aquila Foreign Qualifications Corp. v. Dir. of Rev., 362 S.W.3d 1, 4 (Mo. banc 2012) (<HOLDING>). We conclude that Dorothy was not excluded
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