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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Theodore Ginnery (MLW No. 59775/Case No. SD29340 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.) Where a man found to be a sexually violent predator argued that the ...

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Schieber v. Schieber (MLW No. 59719/Case No. WD70095 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, P.J.) Where a court-appointed counsel for an incapacitated person filed a motion to disqualify a private counsel who had filed an entry ...

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In the Estate of Bell v. Bell (MLW No. 59673/Case No. WD69776 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) (1)Where a trial court approved a personal representative’s compromise settlement on a petition for discovery of assets, ...

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Puzzanchera, et al. v. Loetel (MLW No. 59609/Case No. SD28895 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.) Where a disabled woman executed an irrevocable trust agreement to protect funds from her medical malpractice action and she ...

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Randy Wolfe v. State (MLW No. 59549/Case No. WD69017 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Hardwick, J.) Where a man committed as a sexually violent predator objected to ...

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Richard Croxton v. State (MLW No.59537/Case No. ED90808 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Ahrens, J.) Where a man found to be a sexually violent predator “opened the ...

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Root, et al. v. England, et al. (MLW No. 59478 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Pfeiffer, J.) Where siblings who were contesting their decedent brother’s will attempted to obtain service of process on 18 defendants who ...

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In Re: Michael Fogle v. State (MLW No. 59336/Case No. WD69619 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.) Sexually Violent Offender – Special Conditions – Non-Missouri Psychologist (1)Where a trial court ordered an individual committed ...

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Medicaid Estate Recovery Program Non-Probate Transfer Even though a decedent transferred his only asset, which was his home, to his children by beneficiary deed and no estate was opened, the court agrees with its Eastern and Southern Districts that the ...

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Hebert v. Schieber (MLW No. 59249/Case No. WD69913 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Howard, J.) Where the sister of an incapacitated person appealed the probate court’s judgment dismissing her motion to remove the person’s son as ...

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