Franke v. Franke

DOWD, Judge.

Father appeals from those portions of the dissolution decree awarding Mother custody of the parties’ son, child support, attorneys’ fees and costs, and defining Father’s visitation privileges. We affirm.

Mother and Father married on August 11, 1984, and their son, M.H.F., was born the following year. The parents separated in January of 1986. In May of 1988, following Father’s graduation from law school, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to practice bankruptcy law. Mother remained in St. Louis with the minor child.

On March 15, 1991, Father filed an action for dissolution in…