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Domestic Relations: Child Custody-Modification
Staff Report//July 9, 2026//
Defendant appealed the trial court’s order modifying the parties’ child custody arrangement and awarding sole legal and physical custody of the parties’ child to plaintiff.
Where defendant’s appellate brief failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 84.04, there were no issues preserved for appellate review, requiring dismissal of the appeal.
Appeal is dismissed.
J.C.T. v. A.N.G. (MLW No. 84946/Case No. ED113730 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Wright, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Green, J.
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