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In an action for confinement as a sexually violent predator, appellant had the right to effective trial counsel, but challenging the judgment requires appellant to advance a theory to the Court of Appeals. The theory might be “the meaningful-hearing standard [,]” or the failure-and-prejudice standard, but appellant made no showing under either. Appellant “presents no evidence that her identification as a transgender woman would in fact make her less dangerous to reoffend” nor how “a reasonable attorney would [have shown that] identification as transgender would have rendered her any less dangerous to reoffend or would have reasonably affected the outcome of her trial.” Instructions specified the offenses on which the jury could find appellant a sexually violent predator and so did not mislead the jury.

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Jerry Davis, a/k/a Jerry M. Davis, Jr., a/k/a Jerry Miller Davis, Jr. vs. State of Missouri
(Overview Summary)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD83673

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Americans are applying for credit cards at a rate not seen since before the pandemic. Nearly 27% of U.S. consumers said in October that they had applied for a credit card in the past 12 months, which is a sharp increase from the record low of 16% recorded a year ago. Despite the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus and supply chain issues, the rebound in credit card applications suggests that Americans may just be on their way back to more normal times.

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Multiple sources establish 40 hours per week as full-time employment, which claimant had with her first job, so the loss of a second job was irrelevant to any provision for employment security benefits.

(Overview Summary)

Della Scheumbauer, Claimant/Appellant, vs. City of St. Louis, Employer/Respondent, and Division of Employment Security, Respondent.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District – ED109260

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Next year taxpayers can put an extra $1,000 into their 401(k) plans. The IRS recently announced that the 2022 contribution limit for 401(k) plans will increase to $20,500. The agency also announced cost‑of‑living adjustments that may affect pension plan and other retirement-related savings next year.

Highlights of changes for 2022

The contribution limit for employees who participate in 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans, and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan is increased to $20,500. Limits on contributions to traditional and Roth IRAs remains unchanged at $6,000.

Taxpayers can deduct contributions to a traditional IRA if they meet certain conditions. If neither the taxpayer nor their spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work, their full contribution to a traditional IRA is deductible. If the taxpayer or their spouse was covered by a retirement plan at work, the deduction may be reduced or phased out until it is eliminated. The amount of the deduction depends on the taxpayer’s filing status and their income.

Traditional IRA income phase-out ranges for 2022 are:

• $68,000 to $78,000 – Single taxpayers covered by a workplace retirement plan
• $109,000 to $129,000 – Married couples filing jointly. This applies when the spouse making the IRA contribution is covered by a workplace retirement plan.
• $204,000 to $214,000 – A taxpayer not covered by a workplace retirement plan married to someone who’s covered.
• $0 to $10,000 – Married filing a separate return. This applies to taxpayers covered by a workplace retirement plan

Roth IRA contributions income phase-out ranges for 2022 are:

• $129,000 to $144,000 – Single taxpayers and heads of household
• $204,000 to $214,000 – Married, filing jointly
• $0 to $10,000 – Married, filing separately

Saver’s Credit income phase-out ranges for 2022 are:

• $41,000 to $68,000 – Married, filing jointly.
• $30,750 to $51,000 – Head of household.
• $20,500 to $34,000 – Singles and married individuals filing separately.

The amount individuals can contribute to SIMPLE retirement accounts also increases to $14,000 in 2022.

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Hearsay is an out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter stated. On charges of stealing, the State offered rental records to show how property manager stole money, so the records were not hearsay. And, even if they were, the State provided the foundation for admissibility of business records as required by statute: the sponsoring witness was familiar with the records, and records bore indicia of reliability as described by statute. Statutes provide that property manager’s course of conduct, stealing rents, constituted a single act so no plain error occurred when instructions did not treat the case as a multiple acts case.

State of Missouri vs. Candy M. Phillips
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD83458

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“Insofar as such a proceeding affects status only, the action [for dissolution of marriage] is in rem or quasi-in-rem and requires only that the res be before the court upon proper notice” to the parties. Notice to a party by publication is sufficient only when that party voluntarily appears, which appellant did by motion to dismiss, which challenges service by publication but not personal jurisdiction. And what appellant really sought was more time to make an appearance.

Susan Ball vs. Robert K. Ball, II
(Overview Summary)
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD83640

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