Probate Proceeding Opened Yet?
@Laughing Thx for your response. And the ideas.
1. Yes, casenet home/welcome page states not all MO. courts participate.*
So, yes, maybe the MO. circuit ct. where filed does not participate?
2. With a "Litigant Name Search" under "Optional" info is CASE TYPE, and one of the types is "PROBATE," so seems imo a probate case would be displayed.
Even IF some filings would/could(?) be sealed, seems (imo, ICBW), the existence of probate case itself would not be suppressed on casenet database.
3. Contest or no contest (again imo, ICBW), seems like existence would not be suppressed.
4. Generally probate is opened iiuc WHERE the deceased resided, and in MO, circuit courts handle probate cases.**
So would that be in Barry County, in 39th Judicial Circuit---where his motorhome was parked, at/close to Cassville hosp? Or did he have another home in which he resided, perhaps in another county or judicial circuit?
You said--- Maybe probate opened where ex-wife & children live? IDK.
I'm aware of a few situations in which an estate was probated in two different states. Iirc, "primary" probate in Stare #1 where the deceased resided, but because of real property in State #2, titles/ownership tangled up, another probate proceeding there. IDK whether the situation here is similar.
@PrairieWind Any thoughts on this? TiA.
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* "Only courts that have implemented the case management software as part of the Missouri Court Automation Program and only cases that have been deemed public under the Missouri Revised Statutes can be accessed through Case.net."
** Website for MO. circuit courts has a tab for "Court Forms."
Then a sub tab for "Probate Forms" (only some available).