Legal Opinion

Burns v. Burns

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 3, 1992No. Nos. 59893, 59940PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CRIST, Judge.

Wife appeals the trial court’s award of limited, non-modifiable maintenance for thirty-six months. Husband cross-appeals, contesting the award of custody of the minor daughter to Wife, requesting the trial and appellate records be sealed, and requesting modification of the language of the divorce decree. We modify the judgment and affirm.

Husband and Wife were married in 1966. Four children were born of the marriage; two were emancipated by the time of trial, one was in college, and the youngest, the only daughter, was eleven.

Wife was employed full-time as a teacher in the late…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clark v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
  2. Crabtree v. CrabtreeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. Lovin v. LovinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Adair v. AdairMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. Stottlemyre v. StottlemyreMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Test v. TestMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994

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