In the Estate of: SHIRLEY A. TIEFENBRUNN, STATE OF MISSOURI, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, MO HEALTHNET DIVISION v. SUSAN M. JUERGENS

WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., J.—

OPINION AUTHOR

This is an appeal by the State of Missouri, Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division (“Division”) of a 'judgment entered on Jhly 23, 2015, denying the issuance of Letters of Administration, pursuant to section 473.020, 1 to open an estate for Shirley A. Tiefenbrunn (“Tiefen-brunn”). In three points on appeal, the Division asserts the trial' court erred in: (1) denying the Division’s petition to open a probate estate for Tiefenbrunn; (2) in finding that the Division had waived its claim by releasing its TEFRA lien; 2 and (3) by taxing court…