State, Department of Social Services v. Stipancich

PAUL M. SPINDEN, Judge.

The State of Missouri and its Department of Social Services, along with the department’s Division of Family Support, appeal the circuit court’s judgments to dismiss the division’s motions to review and to approve the proposed modification of the circuit court’s orders that Richard Sti-pancich and Peter Howard IV pay child support. The State initiated separate appeals of the judgments, but, because the appeals presented the same issue, we consolidated them.

During September 1996, the circuit court entered a judgment of paternity against Stipancich and ordered him to pay…