Legal Opinion

Vaughan v. Merritt

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 12, 1984No. WD 34513PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TURNAGE, Chief Judge.

James Vaughan filed a motion to modify a dissolution decree to require that his son visit him in the penitentiary. The court denied the motion and Vaughan contends that the denial is not supported by substantial evidence and that the court did not make a specific finding that the requested visitation would endanger the physical health or impair the emotional development of the child. Affirmed.

Vaughan’s son was nine and one-half years old at the time of the hearing on the motion. He had not seen Vaughan since he *188was two years of age and did not know that Vaughan was in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. M____ L____ B____ v. W____ R____ B____Missouri Court of Appeals · 1970
  2. Gayman v. GaymanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wood v. WoodMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986

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