T.C.H. v. K.M.H.

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Special Judge.

This matter involves the appeal of the husband from a decree of dissolution in which custody of two children was granted to the wife. It comes to this court on an order of transfer after opinion from the Eastern District of the Court of Appeals. The case is treated here the same as on original appeal. Mo. Const. Art. V, § 10.

The general issue is whether Section 491.020 RSMo 1978 makes confidential a communication between husband and wife on a subject matter relevant and material to adjudication of the custody of children. As pertinent here, the statute…