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Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Drinking Habits – Child Support
Stephanie Maniscalco//August 4, 2017//
Where a father challenged a trial court’s judgment declaring child custody and child support, the father’s own testimony supported the conclusion that he is frequently impaired by alcohol, drives while impaired and that his drinking habits negatively affect the child, so there was no error in the court’s award of custody, which allowed a gradual approach to visitation, but the court committed reversible error by failing to include a schedule for holidays, and the case is also remanded for a recalculation of child support.
Judgment is affirmed in part; reversed in part and remanded.
Fessler v. MGovern (MLW No. 70836/Case No. WD80056 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Martin, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Cole County, Beetem, J. (Christopher M. Rohrer, Osage Beach, for appellant) (Kerri J. McGovern, pro se).
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