Bowers v. Bowers
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the CourtGeorge W. Draper Iii, Judge
Jessica Bowers (hereinafter, "Jessica")1 appeals the circuit court's judgment dissolving her marriage to Jason Bowers (hereinafter, "Jason") in which the circuit court designated Jason a third party in the dissolution proceeding for purposes of determining custody of J.B. (hereinafter, "Child"). The circuit court awarded Jason sole legal and physical custody of Child after finding it would not be in Child's best interest for Jessica or Child's biological father, Stephen Nugent (hereinafter, "Stephen"), to have sole physical or legal custody because they were unfit custodians. Jessica raises…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Pearson v. KosterSupreme Court of Missouri · 2012
- In the Interest of: J.A.R., D.K.R., and A.E.R., Children Under Seventeen Years of Age, Greene County Juvenile Office v. D.G.R.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2014
- Care & Treatment of Kirk v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2017
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