Orphant v. Orphan’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The purpose of the nonclaim statute is to terminate all claims and promote settlement of estates, a matter of public interest. In re Estate of Bierman, 410 S.W.2d 342, 346 [3] (Mo.App.1966). The statute enacted in 1955 (patterned in part after the Model Probate Code § 135) was considerably more far-reaching than former nonclaim statutes. Clarke v. Organ, 329 S.W.2d 670, 673 [1] (Mo. banc 1959). It required notice of contingent as well as absolute claims, omitted the saving provision for infants, prisoners and persons of unsound mind, and defined a mandatory, non-waivable procedure for the orderly processing of all claims against an estate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Department of Social Services v. Bowling

2. “1. Except as provided in sec. 473.370 [pertaining to judgment creditors], all claims against the estate of a deceased person, other than costs and expenses of administration, ... claims of the United States and claims of any taxing author ity within the United States, ... which are not filed ... or paid ... within six months after the first published notice of letters testamentary or of administration, are forever barred against the estate. ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Department of Social Services v. Bowling