Legal Opinion · Dissent

A.E.B. ex rel. L.D. v. T.B.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 25, 2011No. SC 91716Published

1Dissent

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s reversal of the trial court’s judgment because it erroneously required T.B. (Mother) to relocate back to Missouri. I agree with the majority’s holding that the trial court had no statutory authority to compel Mother to move from Ohio to Missouri and live in a three-county area. I also agree that Mother made clear in her testimony at trial that she did not want to live in Missouri. Nevertheless, Mother did not want to risk losing custody of Child if the trial court believed that the best interests of Child required Child…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sprague v. SeaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
  2. Taylor v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  3. Torrey v. TorreyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2010

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