LaFon v. LaFon

BLACKMAR, Chief Justice.

The marriage of the parties was dissolved by decree entered January 22, 1985. The decree adjudging custody of their son Wesley was modified twice. The second modification was sustained on appeal, In re Marriage of LaFon, 733 S.W.2d 51 (Mo.App.1987), when Jeanette moved from Missouri to Colorado.

In June of 1988 Jeanette, now married to Richard Liles, returned from Colorado to Missouri. After some disagreements with her former husband, Lyle, about visits with Wesley, she filed a motion to modify on December 28, 1988. The Court sustained the modification, placing primary…