Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Cannon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 14, 2009No. SC 89118PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAURA DENYIR STITH, Chief Justice.
Susan Marie Randall appeals the trial court’s judgment holding section 452.375.3 unconstitutional as applied to James Randall Cannon and granting Mr. Cannon unsupervised visitation and joint legal and physical custody of the parties’ two natural children, M.C. and A.C. Mr. Cannon was convicted of first-degree statutory rape and first-degree statutory sodomy of his then 12-year-old stepdaughter. Section 452.375 RSMo Supp.2006, expressly prohibits a court from awarding unsupervised visitation or custody to a parent convicted of such sexual offenses against a…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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