State ex rel. Division of Family Services v. Oatsvall

These consolidated appeals arise from purported modifications of child support rendered in hearings to show cause for failure to pay child support by an associate circuit judge in Mississippi County, Missouri. Appellant, Division of Family Services, as assignee of child support rights vesting in recipients of A.F.D.C. payments by virtue of pre-existing judgments and orders, opposed the modification judgments by motions to set aside for irregularities in their entry, filed all but one1 of the 24 underlying proceedings. The appeals are taken from the trial court’s ruling on appellant’s motions…