Legal Opinion

Birrittieri v. Swanston

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 1, 1958No. 29858PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Judge.

This is an appeal'by plaintiff, Lois Loretta Birrittieri, from an order of the circuit court overruling plaintiff’s motion to modify a divorce decree with respect to the custody of two minor children.

Plaintiff obtained a decree of divorce from the defendant, John Henry Swanston, on April 13, 1953. By said decree defendant was awarded the general custody of the children, with temporary custody to plaintiff on Saturday and Sunday of each week. The children were: Nancy Lee, age 12 at the time of the trial below; and John Henry, who was born December 29, 1951.

The parties separated…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Schumm v. SchummMissouri Court of Appeals · 1949

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Benjamin v. BenjaminMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. Shepler v. SayresSupreme Court of Missouri · 1963
  3. Garbee v. TyreeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1966
  4. Pelts v. PeltsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1968
  5. R v. EMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963

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