Russell v. Russell

HANNA, Presiding Judge.

Mr. Richard Russell appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to terminate child support. The sole issue on appeal is whether the enrollment of his son, Jonathan, in a correspondence course designed to allow the person to obtain a high school diploma by self-directed study, is statutorily sufficient under § 452.340.5, RSMo 1994, to obligate the father to continue child support until his son completes such program or attains the age of twenty-one.

Before they divorced in 1980, Richard and Nina Russell had two children, Michael and Jonathan. On December 11, 1995,…