In the Estate of William B. Van Note, The Bar Plan Surety and Fidelity Company v. Susan E. Van Note

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a civil commitment order entered in connection with a contempt ruling by the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, Probate Division (“probate court”). Susan E. Van Note (“Van Note”) 1 was civilly committed to the Clay County Jail until such time as she purged herself of her contempt by returning monetary estate assets in the amount of $272,603.01 to the estate of William B. Van Note, (“the estate”) that she improperly removed from the estate. 2 Van Note claims that the commitment order was entered in error in several respects. We…