In the Estate of Livingston

MAUS, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a guardianship estate of an incompetent declaring that by reason of § 473.360 (the non-claim statute applicable to the estates of decedents) the claim of appellant cannot be satisfied from any assets being administered upon as a part of the ward’s decedent estate. The background of this appeal is unique. The proceedings commenced under Mo.Const. Art. 5 before the effective date of the 1976 amendments and concluded after that effective date.

On July 20, 1977, the ward was adjudged to be incompetent and Shelby J. Raney was appointed guardian…