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AP seeks ex-Missouri Gov. Greitens’ child custody record
The Associated Press has joined The Kansas City Star's motion to get a sealed court record from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ child custody case.
Supreme Court sends custody dispute back to closed courthouse
A narrowly divided court ruled that a judge must hold a hearing before awarding temporary child custody.
Domestic Relations: Child Support-Modification-Child Custody
Where a father challenged a judgment altering visitation provisions and increasing his child-support obligation, the father did not show prejudice from the admission of a court-ordered psychological examination because substantial evidence supported the finding that unsupervised visitation would endanger the children’s physical health or emotional development, and the trial court did not err in [...]
Family Law: Child Custody-Child Support-Required Findings
Where a father challenged a trial court’s judgment granting in part and denying in part his motion to modify child custody and support, the trial court failed to make the statutorily required findings, so the judgment is reversed and remanded. Judgment is reversed and remanded. T.J.E. v. M.R.M. (MLW No. 74406/Case No. ED107697 – 10 […]
Domestic Relations: Paternity-Child Custody
Mother appealed from the judgment establishing paternity and determining child custody, child support and parenting time. Mother argued that the trial court’s adoption of father’s parenting plan was against the weight of the evidence, exceeded the scope of the matter before the trial court, and was based upon an improper guardian ad litem recommendation. Where […]
Man who threatened three judges arrested after armed standoff
A man is in custody after threatening three judges who were involved in his divorce and child custody dispute, the St. Louis County Circuit Court said in a press release. Jeffrey D. Reuter, 51, formerly a dentist in Kirkwood, was arrested Dec. 11 in Bonne Terre after a three-hour armed standoff with police attempting to […]
Domestic Relations: Child Custody-Supervised Visitation-Emotional Development
Where a mother challenged a modification of child custody that replaced her sole physical custody with one hour of supervised visitation per week, the award was not an abuse of discretion because it was in the child’s best interest following the mother’s efforts to deliberately alienate the child from her father, and the judgment is […]
Domestic Relations: Child Custody-Child Support
Where mother challenged a judgment entered on a motion to modify the decree of dissolution and the father cross-appealed, the trial court properly found sufficient evidence of a substantial change in circumstances to warrant an award of sole legal custody to the father, and the court did not err in ordering the mother to pay […]
Domestic Relations: Child Custody-Emergency Protective Custody-Untimely Hearing
Plaintiff alleged that, two days after completing five days in jail, defendants petitioned the state juvenile court to maintain the protective custody they had over plaintiff’s children. Plaintiff alleged that defendants failed to afford her a hearing on the protective custody within the time mandated by state law and unlawfully seized her children due to […]
Many moms say kids’ health worsened in immigration custody
Many mothers detained in border stations this summer reported the health of their children worsened while in custody, recounting bouts of fever, diarrhea and respiratory illness they say were not properly treated, according to a nonprofit legal group’s questionnaire of 200 detained women. The Dilley Pro Bono Project handed out a 13-question survey, mostly in […]
Many moms say kid’s health worsened in immigration custody
Many mothers detained in border stations this summer reported the health of their children worsened while in custody, recounting bouts of fever, diarrhea and respiratory illness they say were not properly treated, according to a nonprofit legal group’s questionnaire of 200 detained women. The Dilley Pro Bono Project handed out a 13-question survey, mostly in […]
Domestic Relations: Property Division-Child Custody-Maintenance
Where a wife involved in a dissolution challenged the division of marital property, the child-custody decision and the denial of her request for maintenance, the wife could not challenge the division of property because she stated that she had no objection to the division proposed by the husband, so under the invited-error principle she could […]
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- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
- Domestic Relations : Parenting Plan – Child Support
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Guilty Plea – Sentence Advice
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