Legal Opinion

Imms v. Clarke

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided June 14, 1983No. WD 33341PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff Imms sought a declaratory judgment that the defendant Clarke was the natural father of the infant Heather Elizabeth Imms, and to adjudicate support for the child. The jury returned a verdict that the defendant Clarke was the natural father of the child Heather and awarded a sum for her support.

The evidence was that the mother, Mary Imms, was never married and Heather was her only child. On September 2,1978, Mary Imms accepted an invitation to the Lake of the Ozarks for a Labor Day weekend with friends. There she was introduced to James Clarke, and the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. State v. JohnsonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Cramer v. MorrisonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
  4. Turek v. HardySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Carlyon v. WeeksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  2. Commonwealth v. BeausoleilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  3. Alsbach v. BaderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1985
  4. State v. SpannSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993
  5. Kofford Ex Rel. Utah State Department of Social Services v. FloraUtah Supreme Court · 1987

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