Meagan Garland v. Jeffrey Ruhl, State of Missouri, Department of Social Services, Family Support Division

The Family Support Division (“FSD”) entered an administrative child support order in an action between Meagan Garland (“Mother”) and Jeffrey Ruhl (“Father”). Mother sought judicial review of that order and, before that matter was decided, she and Father settled on terms more favorable for Mother than the FSD order. After the trial court entered judgment on the basis of the settlement terms, it dismissed Mother’s petition for judicial review as moot. Mother then filed an application to have FSD pay her attorney fees under section 5S6.087.1 The trial court dismissed her application, and this…