Legal Opinion

Coyle v. Coyle

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 23, 1998No. 73192Published

1Opinion of the Court

KAROHL, Judge.

Appellant, Jesse A.Coyle (Father), was jailed pursuant to a judgment of contempt entered on May 15, 1997, for failure to pay child support as ordered in a dissolution decree granted on July 8, 1974. The decree dissolved the marriage between Father and Frieda J. Coyle (Mother). We reverse in part and affirm as modified, in part.

The marriage was dissolved on July 8, 1974. The trial court awarded Mother primary custody of two children born of the marriage, April and Aaron. It ordered Father to pay child support in the sum of $70 per month, per child. The child support order was…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Teefey v. TeefeySupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. State Ex Rel. Stanhope v. PrattSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  3. Coughlin v. EhlertSupreme Court of Missouri · 1866
  4. Jafarian-Kerman v. Jafarian-KermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  5. Keltner v. KeltnerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979

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