Legal Opinion
Brown v. Brown
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 1, 1984No. WD 34807PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.
The husband appeals a judgment for contempt for failure to pay child support under a decree of dissolution. The court ordered the husband to prison and set the purge amount at $7,117.46.
The marriage was dissolved in June of 1980. The decree awarded the custody of the three children to the wife and ordered the husband to pay $250 per month per child for support. In addition, the wife was awarded $2,500 attorney fee and $1 per month as maintenance to the wife. The child support money was to be paid to the circuit clerk as trustee for the wife. In March of 1981, the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Stanhope v. PrattSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Ex Parte RyanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Ex Parte BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1975
- Gross v. GrossMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Hopkins v. HopkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Zirkle v. FoxWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
- Owsley v. OwsleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Simmons v. MegermanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State Ex Rel. Watkins v. WatkinsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- Deana Lee Davis v. Matthew Cary DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 2015
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