Clark v. Clark

HAROLD L. LOWENSTEIN, Judge.

I. FACTS

This case involves a modification of a child custody award where the child, a year prior to reaching the age of majority, went to live with the non-custodial parent. In this action formally changing custody, the question arose as to whether the child, then eighteen, was emancipated for the purposes of determining support. § 452.340.3 and .4, RSMo, Cum.Supp.1999.

The facts, as determined by the trial court, are as follows: On June 3, 1997, Respondent Donna Clark (hereinafter “Mother”) filed a Motion to Modify child custody and support for her daughter,…