State ex rel. Division of Family Services v. Duncan

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

This is an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, §§ 210.817 to 210.852 RSMo (L.1987, SB 328), to determine the existence of the father and child relationship between Robert Ray Duncan, defendant in the trial court and respondent here, and Christopher Lee Reed, who was born August 26, 1986. Plaintiffs in the action, who are appellants here, are the Division of Family Services, Kimberly L. Reed (the mother), and Christopher Lee Reed. The jury returned a nine-person verdict in favor of the defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.

*458Plaintiffs’ first point is that the trial court…