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Domestic Relations :  Dissolution –  Special Findings –  Immigrant Family

Stephanie Maniscalco//November 17, 2017//

Domestic Relations :  Dissolution –  Special Findings –  Immigrant Family

Stephanie Maniscalco//November 17, 2017//

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Where a mother in a dissolution case argued that a trial court erred in denying her request for special findings as to the parties’ minor child for the purpose of applying for special immigrant juvenile status with the federal government, and mother and child were both illegal immigrants, the court did not err in denying the request because no Missouri authority required such findings,

Judgment is affirmed.

De Rubio v. Herrera (MLW No. 71172/Case No. WD79933 – 14 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Saline County, Rolf, J. (Jeffrey Bennett, North Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant) (Santos Herrera, pro se).

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