Civil Practice: Order Of Protection – Adult Abuse – Justification Defense

Where a mother was denied a full order of protection against her child’s father, denial of the petition is affirmed because the mother’s violent actions in forcing her way into the father’s home and attacking him before the father pointed a gun at her were relevant to the determination and justified the father’s actions.
Judgment is affirmed.

McAlister v. Strohmeyer (MLW No. 64524/Case No. WD75160 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Johnson County, Cook, J. (Leonard K. Breon, Warrensburg, for appellant) (John H. Edmiston, Warrensburg, for respondent).

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