Article On Victims of Substantiated Child Abuse As Ascertainable Creditors

Alice Haseltine (University of Missouri School of Law, J.D. Candidate 2015) recently published an article entitled, Victims of substantiated child abuse: Missouri’s new reasonably ascertainable creditors, 79 Mo. L. Rev. 1121-1137 (2014)  Provided below is the article’s abstract:

This Note begins with an exploration of the unique factual circumstances that gave rise to the court’s determination that victims of child abuse are reasonably ascertainable creditors.  The Note goes on to discuss the constitutionality of creditor claim bars and the evolution of the reasonably ascertainable creditor in Missouri.  Next, this Note provides an analysis of the Supreme Court of Missouri’s reasoning in Austin and – finally – explores possible ex-tensions of Austin while weighing the policy considerations associated with a broad extension of the court’s holding to future claims of child abuse against decedents’ estates.