Chavez v. Walters

JAMES M. SMART, JR., Judge.

Jody Chavez appeals the lower court’s dismissal of his petition for orders of protection pursuant to Missouri’s Child Protection Orders Act, § 455.500-455.538, RSMo 2000. The court granted Respondent Marvin Walters’ motion to dismiss, dismissing the matter “without prejudice.” The appeal is dismissed because the trial court ruling was not a final, appealable judgment.

Factual Background

Jody Chavez (“Father”) and Sondra Chavez (“Mother”) are divorced. Father alleges that Mother’s boyfriend, Marvin Walters, has sexually abused the youngest of Father and Mother’s three…