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Domestic Relations : Child Custody – Pleadings Struck
Stephanie Maniscalco//May 10, 2017
Where a father in a child custody dispute challenged the trial court’s striking of his pleadings, the judgment is reversed and remanded because the father was actively participating in the dissolution proceeding through counsel despite his initial lateness with discovery responses, and there appeared to be a significant dispute as to appropriate custody of the minor children.
Judgment is reversed and remanded.
Travis v. Travis (MLW No. 70504/Case No. SD34503 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Rahmeyer, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Newton County, Selby, J. (Fredrick Darnell Travis, pro se) (Gregory R. Bridges, Neosho, for respondent).
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