J. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, Personal Representative, and SUBSTITUTED PARTIES MOREAU, Defendants- Missouri Cases

Michael Laws, Jr., and Malinda Salinger, children of the Decedent, contested their father's 2015 Will, which left them half of his estate, arguing they were "interested persons" with standing. The trial court granted summary judgment against them, concluding they lacked standing because a prior revocable trust excluded them from its assets. The appellate court vacated the summary judgment and remanded the case, holding that summary judgment is an improper disposition for lack of standing, and that the Children did have standing because a significant inheritance was part of the Estate, not the Trust, and would pass to them via intestate succession if the 2015 Will was set aside.