Reynolds v. Reynolds

CHARLES B. BLACKMAR, Senior Judge.

The father appeals from a judgment of dissolution of marriage and award of custody. We affirm.

The parties were married in April of 1984. Their child, a girl named Madison, was born July 2, 1995. They separated in January of 1998. They had been living in Steadman in Callaway County, but on separation the mother took Madison to her parents’ hometown in Linn. Both parents are employed by the State of Missouri.

The case was tried in the summer and fall of 1998. On October 6, 1998 the trial judge wrote both parties, indicating he would grant joint custody with…