Pope v. Howard

This is an appeal from an order of the Jackson County Circuit Court directing John Howard to cease “stalking” Nancy Pope pursuant to §§ 455.010-.085, 1 commonly referred to as the Adult Abuse Act (“Act”). The Act has been in place for some time, but until 1993, it applied only to domestic violence situations. In 1993, the Act was amended to include “stalking” by unrelated persons as a type of behavior from which a person could get the court’s protection.

Because of our disposition of the appeal, we need not set forth a detailed recitation of the facts. To summarize, however, until recently,…