Nenninger ex rel. Kievit v. Nenninger

Pro se defendant and putative father in paternity case appeals trial court’s penden-te lite order awarding custody of 16-month old child to mother.

We hold that the trial court’s pendente lite custody order was not a final judgment. It was therefore not appealable. Section 512.020, RSMo 1986.

Pendente lite orders awarding child support, maintenance and attorneys' fees in dissolution cases have been held to be ap-pealable final judgments, see Bradley v. Bradley, 295 S.W.2d 592, 595 (Mo.App.1956), on the rationale of State ex rel. Gercke v. Seddon, 93 Mo. 520, 6 S.W. 342, 343 (1887). See also,…