O.S.G. ex rel. L.G. v. G.B.

CROW, Judge.

This is an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, §§ 210.817-.852, RSMo Cum. Supp.1989. Plaintiffs are: (1) O.S.G., a minor child, (2) L.G., inferably the child’s mother although the petition does not so allege, and (8) as we deduce it, the Division of Child Support Enforcement.1 The defendant is G.B., Jr., the alleged natural father of the child.

On August 14, 1990, the trial court dismissed the action because of plaintiffs’ “failure to appear & prosecute said cause of action.”2

Plaintiffs appeal. Their single point relied on avers the trial court erred in that, inter alia,…