Legal Opinion

Dothage v. Dothage

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 14, 1987No. WD 38415PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from various orders entered in the case of David Dothage, a blind, mentally retarded incompetent. Appellant, Waldo C. Dothage, is the duly appointed and acting guardian of the person of the incompetent and is his father. The orders in question directed the transfer of the incompetent from one residential care facility to another, taxed attorney fees and costs against appellant personally and cited appellant for contempt when the fees and costs were not paid. The judgment and orders are reversed.

David Dothage, who was born June 22, 1954, is hemiplegic on…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Stanhope v. PrattSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. Fulton v. FultonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Yeager v. YeagerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. State Ex Rel. Cirese v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  5. White v. HuttonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1951

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Estate of Ewing v. BryanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. In Re Estate of DownsMissouri Court of Appeals · 2009
  3. Higgins v. Director of RevenueMissouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Flynn v. ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. In re Estate of ScottMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996

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