Divorce is a difficult, often messy process that requires many tough decisions. Who will get which assets? Who will be responsible for which debts? Where will the children live, and how often will they see the other parent? The list of questions goes…
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Party waives right to appeal when a Judgment is entered by consent/agreement.
Recent case from the Missouri Court of Appeals: Parties cannot appeal a Judgment that was entered by Stipulation (agreement).
Father and Mother entered into a stip…
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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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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 has handled thousands of Missouri divorce and family cases and has practiced extensi…
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