Eidson v. Eidson

REINHARD, Judge.

Husband appeals from a decree of dissolution entered after he filed an answer, but failed to appear at trial. We affirm.

Husband and wife were married in 1977. On December 10, 1987, wife filed a petition for dissolution. She requested custody of the two minor children, payment of child support, and division of the marital property. The petition alleged, among other things, that the marriage was irretrievably broken.

At the time the petition was filed, husband was incarcerated in the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center in Pacific, Missouri. Husband employed counsel and filed an…