In re Marriage of Morriss
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
DIXON, Judge.
This is an appeal by the wife from the award of a $150 attorney’s fee in a civil contempt action arising from a show cause order issued at the instance of the husband asserting the wife had willfully disobeyed a visitation order.
The trial court found that the wife had willfully violated the visitation order and that finding is not contested. The sole issue is the propriety of the award of the attorney’s fee.
The wife asserts in a single point that there was no “prayer” or allegation for such “relief” and that the court erred in failing to receive evidence on the issue of the…
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