Mehrle v. Mehrle

I concur in the portion of the majority opinion regarding Johnnie’s allegations of trial court error in excluding from marital property Parker’s interest in Mehrle Farms and the refusal to disqualify Parker’s attorney. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s revision of the trial court’s distribution of the marital property. My understanding of this court’s standard of review, as stated in Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976), compels this dissent.

I believe the following principles of law are relevant to an examination of the trial court’s declaration and application of the…