Jenkins v. Jenkins
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
CLEMENS, Commissioner.
The defendant-father, Evan W. Jenkins, appeals from an order modifying a divorce decree that increased child-support allowances from $20 to $40 a week for each of two sons on the ground of medical expenses. He contends the plaintiff-mother had the burden of showing both probable need for future medical care and the reasonable cost thereof; that she failed in this burden by showing only past medical care and expense. We agree.
In November, 1967, the trial court granted Mrs. Jenkins a divorce and custody of the parties’ two sons, five-year-old Grant and three-year-old Lee.…
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