Williams v. Williams

MOORE, Judge.

Lamont Williams (“the father”) appeals from a judgment of the Madison Circuit Court (“the trial court”) dismissing a modification petition he filed against Annette Marie Williams (“the mother”) on August 6, 2009, on the ground of lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.

The father and the mother were divorced by a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, on June 1, 1998 (“the divorce judgment”). The divorce judgment awarded the father custody of the two minor children born of the parties’ marriage. Under a section entitled “Child Support,” the divorce judgment…