Prudot v. Stevens

CAVE, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment modifying a prior divorce decree with reference to the custody of two children.

On January 21, 1948, the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, granted plaintiff a divorce from defendant and awarded her the custody of two minor children, James Vernon Stevens, then 5 years of age, and Robert, Ernest Stevens, then 1 year of age, with .the right of visitation by the defendant; and allowed plaintiff $15 per week for the support of the children.

In July, 1950, defendant filed a motion to modify the decree by transferring custody of the…