Royster v. Royster

JEFFREY W. BATES, Chief Judge.

William and Marilyn Council (“the Councils”) were granted letters of guardianship for their grandson, Clayton Dean Moreau (“C.D.”), by the probate division of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Missouri, in April 1999. The probate division issued these guardianship letters to the Councils in case no. CV596-150P (“Case 150P”) after a trial at which the court adjudged C.D.’s natural parents, Robert Royster (“Father”) and Mahealani Moreau Royster (“Mother”), unfit to act as the child’s guardians. Father appealed from this judgment. The Councils’ appointment as…