Legal Opinion

Matter of Cer

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 27, 1990No. 16789PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PREWITT, Judge.

Petitioner, claiming to be the grandmother of a minor child, filed this action against the child’s parents under § 452.402, RSMo Supp.1989, seeking visitation with the child. Petitioner stated that her son was the child’s father. He defaulted and did not otherwise appear in the action. The child’s mother appealed from the trial court’s order allowing visitation.

*424At trial and here, appellant contends that as petitioner’s son has failed to provide support, and has not otherwise evidenced paternity, petitioner has no standing to seek visitation. The trial court found that…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. DOE a v. Special Sch. Dist. of St. Louis CountyDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1986
  4. Skeens v. PaternoCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  5. Bush v. SquellatiIllinois Supreme Court · 1988

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Long v. SeelyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
  2. Berhorst v. Maries County R-II School DistrictMissouri Court of Appeals · 1991
  3. X.P.E.L., By His Next Friend, C.T., and C.T., Individually v. J.L.L.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2021

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