In Re Ancillary Adversary Proceeding Questions

The present suit is a proceeding in the nature of interpleader to determine the disposition of four funds held in the registry of the Cole County Circuit Court. 1 The receivers administering these funds asked the court below to determine whether they are obligated to pay the funds over to the treasurer of the State of Missouri under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act (UDUPA), section 447.010 et seq., as asserted by the treasurer and by the attorney general, or whether they can otherwise administer and pay out the funds pursuant to their authority under the common law and…