Kohrs v. Family Support Division, Missouri Department of Social Services

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

The Family Support Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services (“the Division”) appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Platte County in favor of Perry Kohrs (“Father”) in his action against the Division for money had and received. For the following reasons, the judgment is reversed.

Father and Barbara Devlin (“Mother”) divorced in 1992. In the decree of dissolution, Father received custody of the couple’s minor child, and Mother was ordered to pay child support. In 1999, the child began residing with Mother. That year, in response to a request…