Legal Opinion
Keltner v. Keltner
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 14, 1979No. 61016PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARDGETT, Chief Justice.
On motion of appellant, Raymond M. Keltner, Jr. (husband), we transferred this case after opinion in the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. The principal reasons for transfer were (1) whether in this case the maintenance award to the wife was contractual or decretal, and (2) whether State ex rel. Stanhope v. Pratt, 533 S.W.2d 567 (Mo. banc 1976), is to be given retroactive application so as to apply to an order awarding alimony entered prior to Stan-hope.
The ease has been rebriefed and argued in this Court. The Court concludes that (1) the alimony award in…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- United States Ex Rel. George Angelet v. Honorable Edward M. Fay, as Warden of Green Haven State Prison, Stormville,new YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- State Ex Rel. Stanhope v. PrattSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Nelson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
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3Cited by32 opinions
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