Nichols v. Ralston

CROW, Presiding Judge.

This is a dispute between the parents of Melissa Renee Ralston about custody and visitation. For brevity and clarity, we refer to Melissa’s mother, Kari Lynn Schulze (nee Ralston) as Mother, and to Melissa’s father, Guy Wayne Nichols, as Father.

This is the second time a dispute between Mother and Father about Melissa has been to this court. The first occasion was Nichols v. Ralston, 825 S.W.2d 347 (Mo.App. S.D.1992). We henceforth refer to it as Nichols-I. It should be read as a preface to the present opinion.

In Nickols-I, an appeal by Mother, this court affirmed a…