Stilley v. Embury

PARRISH, Judge.

This is an appeal of the dismissal of petitions for guardianship filed in the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Texas County, Missouri (the trial court). The petitions alleged that the parents of the children for whom guardianships were sought were “unfit and unable to act as parents and guardians.” The trial court dismissed the petitions because the children’s parents had a pending dissolution of marriage case in the Circuit Court of Howell County, Missouri (the dissolution court), and child custody was an issue in the dissolution action. This court affirms.

Robert J.…