Anita Louise Bean

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI IN RE: ) ) Case No. 18-43091-btf7 Anita Louise Bean, ) ) Chapter 7 Debtor. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION The court must determine whether, under the “per-child” clause of Missouri’s head of family exemption (the “per-child exemption”), Chapter 7 Debtor Anita Louise Bean may claim a $350 exemption for each of her four dependent minor grandchildren.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.440. Because the exemption statute’s plain language and governing precedent explicitly permit a person to claim the per-child exemption “for each of such…