Coates v. Coates

FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Muriel Jean Coates filed an action for separate maintenance, (§ 452.130), 1 against her husband defendant James Edward Coates. Defendant filed a counterclaim for dissolution of marriage. The trial court, after hearing the evidence, entered a decree of legal separation, (§ 452.305, par. 2), awarded custody of a minor child to plaintiff, ordered defendant to pay plaintiff $300 per month as maintenance, (§ 452.-335), ordered defendant to pay $100 per month child support, (§ 452.340), ordered defendant to pay $1,000 of plaintiff’s attorney fees and divided the…