Legal Opinion
In re the Marriage of Tuttle
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1988No. WD 40599PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.
The issue of this appeal is whether the mother of a deceased woman can gain custody of her daughter’s children by modification of a child custody decree between her daughter and her daughter’s husband.
The facts are not disputed. The marriage of the respondent, Robert Tuttle, and his wife, Roxanne was dissolved on February 1, 1978 in the domestic relations division of the circuit court of Jackson County. Roxanne was granted custody of the children born August 15, 1973 and July 18, 1975. The respondent father was successful in December 1985 in modifying the decree to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Schumacher v. SchumacherMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949
- Shepler v. SheplerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
- Leventhal v. LeventhalMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- Tomlinson v. O'BRIANTMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Winters v. CooperMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
- Clark v. ClevengerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- Carter v. ArnettMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
- State ex rel. Kobayashi v. ParkerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998