Legal Opinion
McCoy v. Rivera
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 1996No. WD 50747PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPINDEN, Presiding Judge.
In December 1994, the circuit court ordered Gary McCoy and his wife, Daylene Bartell, to return McCoy’s granddaughter to her mother, Rhonda Rivera. Rivera placed the child in McCoy’s and BartelTs custody in 1988 before she began serving a prison sentence in Florida. The circuit court ordered that the transfer of custody occur by August 1999. Both parties appeal. We reverse and remand.
After pleading guilty to trafficking cocaine in 1988 in a Florida criminal court, Rivera placed her infant daughter, bom on January 7,1988, in the temporary care of McCoy and his live-in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. White v. SwinkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1953
- State Ex Rel. Dubinsky v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Laws v. HigginsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
- State Ex Rel. Kassen v. CarverMissouri Court of Appeals · 1962
- Stilley v. EmburyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Phillips v. BurnesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- Royster v. RoysterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2005