Legal Opinion · Dissent

J.P. v. P.W.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 5, 1989No. Nos. 15937, 15981Published

1DissentPrewitt, Judge

I respectfully dissent. The trial court made extensive and carefully considered *795findings of fact and conclusions of law, fifteen pages in length, and reached a practical and reasonable disposition of this matter. I do not believe it abused the discretion it has in child custody and visitation matters.

As I read the majority opinion, no homosexual parent should ever have unsupervised custody of his child even for a relatively short period. This is the type of generalization that courts should not make, although that appears to occur in this type of custody matter. See G.A. v. D.A., 745 S.W.2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. J.L.P.(H.) v. D.J.P.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. G.A. v. D.A.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Shepherd v. ShepherdMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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