Slaughter v. Slaughter

ANDERSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff, Mary K. Slaughter, from a judgment of the circuit court rendered on motions to modify a decree of divorce.

Plaintiff obtained a decree of divorce from defendant in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County on November 30, 1951. By said decree plaintiff was granted the general custody of the two minor children of the parties, Rex Stephen Slaughter and Patricia Mary Slaughter. At the time of the hearing below, May 24, 1957, Rex and Patricia were thirteen and nine years old respectively. Rex was a child of plaintiff by a former marriage. The natural…