STATE EX REL. MISSOURI DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. ROPER

No. WD 64902.

174 S.W.3d 563 (2005)

STATE of Missouri ex rel., MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES, Relator, v. Honorable Ellen S. ROPER, Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Boone County, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 9, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Harper, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Relator.

Violet Knight, Hartsburg, MO, pro se.

Before ROBERT G. ULRICH, P.J., HAROLD LOWENSTEIN and PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, JJ.


ROBERT G. ULRICH, P.J.

The Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Medical Services, filed its petition for this court's writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Ellen Roper, Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Boone County, to cause to be opened an estate for Wallace G. Jones, decedent. The Division asserts that it is a creditor of the estate as a result of aid provided to the decedent prior to his death. The court's preliminary rule in mandamus was...

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