C.A.B., JR., S.C.B., AND S.M.S. BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT FRIEND G.W.B. Missouri Cases

This appeal concerns the right to control the cremated remains of Kaitlin Boster, disputed between her minor children and her mother, Kendra Perpich. The trial court granted summary judgment to the children, ordering the funeral home to deliver the remains to them, and denied Perpich's motion to intervene as personal representative of the estate. The appellate court reversed the summary judgment regarding the remains, finding the children failed to demonstrate their superior right, and remanded for further proceedings. The court also denied Perpich's intervention point as moot, concluding there was no longer a justiciable controversy regarding the personal property.