Legal Opinion

David v. Cindy

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 27, 1978No. 10816PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TITUS, Judge.

This is a case of anomalies, not the least of which is that it was activated by a male to have himself declared the natural father and principal custodian of a bastard born March 28,1974. The trial court obliged and the child’s mother appealed.

Dramatis Personae

David — The plaintiff who was 25 years old when the cause was court-tried May 3, 1977.

Madeline —David’s 48-year-old wife whom he married July 1, 1975. David is Madeline’s fifth husband.

Dorothy — David’s 50-year-old five-times-married mother.

Cindy — Defendant-appellant, the 24-year-old mother of the bastard and the mother of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Long v. LincolnMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Thayer v. SommerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
  4. Moore v. ParksSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  5. Silke v. SilkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cobb v. State Security Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1979
  2. D. S. v. H. T. H.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. State ex rel. L.L.B. v. EiffertMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Mildred v. DarrylMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  5. McCubbins v. DawsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987

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