David v. Cindy
Missouri Court of Appeals
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…
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