Lutheran Family & Children's Services of Missouri v. Roethe

Petitioner, Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Perry County which determined that petitioner was not a successor to the Lutheran Orphan Home, the named legatee, and therefore had no right to one-fourth of the residuary estate of decedent, Arthur E. Beck. Petitioner contends that: (1) the trial court improperly construed article 7 of the will when it determined that the bequest of one-fourth of the decedent’s residuary estate to the Lutheran Orphan Home lapsed; and (2) the trial court erred when it denied petitioner’s motion for…