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Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act (House Bill 1358) and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (House Bill 1360), failed to pass during final week of 2008 legislative session
May 26th, 2008
Two proposals by the Family Law Section of the Missouri Bar failed to pass in 2008. House Bill 1358 proposed to enact the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Enforcement Act. Missouri remains one of only four jurisdictions that has not adopted the Act…
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Recent Family Law Rulings From the Missouri Court Of Appeals
March 31st, 2008
Circuit Court May Depart From Recommendations On Physical Custody Guardian ad litem and court-appointed therapist both recommended joint legal custody and supervised visitation for Father. Circuit Court followed the former but not the latter. When ev…
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A Dozen Ways Children of Divorce Get Caught In Their parents' Conflict: Part 2 (5-8)
March 19th, 2008
Every divorcing parent should make it their top priority to keep their children from getting caught in the middle of the conflict of their divorce. The following is the second installment of tips and thoughts are from James Roberts, RSW, a licensed s…
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Abandonment Shown In Termination of Parental Rights Case: Case Summary and Law
February 29th, 2008
Record supports findings that Father could have supported and contacted Child but did not do so, that he did not repent of his conduct, and that his present and future conduct would be no different. In the Matter of E.F.B.D. W.H. and K.H., Petitioner…
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Case Law Update: Grandparent Visitation Cannot Be Granted By A Probate Judge
January 21st, 2008
In the Matter of D.C.O. and A.D.O., Bill Hitt and Brenda Hitt, Appellants v. Mark S. Odom, Respondent, No. 28163 (Mo. App. S.D., December 7, 2007), Parrish, P.J. The father of two minor children filed a motion to modify a prior judgment granting gran…
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Can Parents Relocate After Entry of a Child Custody Order in a Divorce or other Proceeding?
September 14th, 2007
What happens if there is a court ordered parenting plan as a result of a divorce, paternity case, or other proceeding, and one of the parents wishes to relocate to another city or state? Well, Missouri law places a burden on the parent to notify the…
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Child Custody Jurisdiction under MoUCCJA: The Law and Recent Rulings from the Court of Appeals
August 17th, 2007
In Missouri, there is a specific law that details under what circumstances Missouri Courts have jurisdiction to make custody and visitation orders, called the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act, or MoUCCJA. Section 452.150.1 sets out the four alt…
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Dogs and Divorce- Custody
August 16th, 2007
The New York Divorce Report recently had an interesting post regarding pets and divorce. Being a dog fanatic myself (Golden Retriever and Black Lab in our family), I thought it was particularly interesting When a childless couple divorces there is ge…
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7-9 This Weeks Case Law Update
July 9th, 2007
Evidence For Terminating Parental Rights Was Too Old Finding of neglect must "be based on conduct at the time of termination, not just at the time jurisdiction was initially taken." Circuit Court entered its judgment terminating Father̵…
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Active Family Vacations
July 2nd, 2007
I recently found a great article on kidshealth.org discussing how to plan a successful, fun, and active family vacation involving everyone in the family and focusing on a little extra physical activity. The article is reproduced below: If you think f…
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Mark A. Wortman
Kansas City family law attorney Mark A. Wortman handles only divorce and family law matters, and practices only in the State of Missouri. Due to this specialty, Mark Wortman has handled thousands of Missouri divorce and family cases and has practiced… Read More
