Legal Opinion

O'Brien v. Johnson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 29, 1982No. 44718PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Appeal from an order denying appellant’s motion under Rule 74.32 to set aside an earlier order quashing garnishment on execution of a child support provision in a divorce decree. Affirmed.

When the parties, ex-spouses, were divorced in 1968, the respondent (husband) was ordered to pay child support for the parties’ two children. Though husband had regularly paid through the court since 1976, appellant (wife) sought garnishment on execution in February, 1981, to collect arrear-ages she claimed accrued before payment through the court commenced.

The trial court sustained husband’s…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Crabtree v. Aetna Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
  2. Susman v. Hi-Fi Fo-Fum, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kingsley v. KingsleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  2. Estate of Kennedy v. MenardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. State ex rel. Duncan v. MauerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984

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