Restrictions on visitation, and subsequent removal of them, both require a...
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...
View ArticleFailure to include holiday or vacation schedule in parenting plan is trial...
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...
View ArticleNew Missouri Child Support Guidelines and Amounts to take effect July 1, 2017
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...
View ArticleModification of spousal support order requires substantial and continuing...
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...
View ArticleChild support continued for child over age 18 with mental disability
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...
View ArticleNew Missouri Child Support Guidelines in Effect as of July 1, 2017
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...
View ArticleSpousal Maintenance (f/k/a alimony) reduced based on medical disability
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...
View ArticleIncrease in Income Ends Maintenance but Strict Compliance With Statute Required
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...
View ArticleChild Support Overnight Credit Denied if Recipient’s Income is Below Threshhold
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...
View ArticleSpousal support awarded in 6.5 year marriage; Increase in value of...
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...
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