S.I.E. v. J.M.

This is an appeal arising from a judgment of the trial court which both modified certain child custody provisions of a previously entered judgment of paternity regarding a minor child, R.E., and established the paternity and child custody of a minor child, S.E. J.E. (“Father”) and J.M. (“Mother”) are the parents of the two female minors, however, they were never married.1 They bring their separate appeals.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the trial court’s judgment, Smith v. Smith, 75 S.W.3d 815, 819 (Mo.App.2002), the record reveals that thirty-six days after R.E. was born,…