Recent case from the Court of Appeals:
Husband appeals from the trial court’s judgment, dissolving his marriage Wife, dividing the parties’ marital property, and ordering him to pay maintenance. On appeal, Husband asserts that the trial court err…
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Recent Case-Missouri Court of Appeals: Father appeals denial of overnight credit in child support case.
In a judicial action for child support where the non-custodial parent has overnight parenting time with the child(ren), he or she is entitled to…
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Recent Case from the Missouri Court of Appeals
Wife appeals the modification court’s judgment granting, in part, Husband’s motion to modify his maintenance obligation.
The purpose of maintenance is to meet the reasonable expenses of a depende…
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Recent Missouri case: On a motion to modify (reduce) maintenance, evidence of a substantial and continuing change included “detailed evidence” of Movant Husband’s stroke-induced disability and reduced income, and no evidence of an increase in…
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Effective July 1, 2017, Missouri’s New Form 14 and new Child Support Guidelines took effect. Notable changes to the previous law include:
Changes to the presumed amounts in the chart, especially at the lower and higher income levels
Changed…
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Recent Case from the Missouri Court of Appeals:
Mother appeals from a judgment modifying her child support obligation to continue support for a child beyond the age of eighteen. Mother argues that it was against the weight of the evidence to find the…
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Recent Case: From the Missouri Court of Appeals, Modification of Spousal Support vs. Property Division
Appellant Husband appeals the trial court’s judgment reducing, but not terminating, his maintenance obligation, retroactive to February 2015, a…
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From the Supreme Court of Missouri:
“It is ordered that effective July 1, 2017, Civil Procedure Form No. 14, entitled “Child Support Amount Calculation Worksheet”, along with the directions, comments for use, and examples for comple…
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Recent Case from the Missouri Court of Appeals: Parenting plans must contain holiday and vacation schedules; voluntary reduction in income does not support child support reduction
Mother appeals the trial court’s judgment of modification for a fa…
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Recent Case: When a custody order contains restricted visitation, those restrictions must not be lifted, or even phased out, until a subsequent hearing to determine whether removal of the restrictions is in the child’s best interest.
Evidence…
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