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Can Medical Marijuana Use in MO Affect a Divorce or Child Custody Case?

Drug use and abuse in divorce and child custody cases in Missouri are not new. Courts have heard evidence of drug use and abuse in divorce and child custody cases…

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When Can a Child Decide Where to Live?

There is nothing in Missouri law that allows the minor child in a divorce or child custody case to decide where to live.  A child can express his or her…

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Divorce: Third-Party Child Custody

Third-Party Child Custody in Missouri The Missouri Supreme Court recently issued an opinion in Bowers v. Bowers, No. SC965435, upholding a trial's court decision to award child custody to a…

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Adoption: Abandonment Includes Lack of Meaningful Contact

The Supreme Court's Decision The Missouri Supreme Court issued an opinion this week affirming a decision by a circuit court terminating a father's parental rights and granting a step-parent adoption.…

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Child Custody Law Change in Missouri

Earlier this month, Governor Nixon signed House Bill 1550 into law which provides for changes that will affect child custody related to divorce, legal separation, paternity and Judgments. This law…

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Adoption and Abandonment

I recently spoke at a continuing legal education seminar sponsored by the Missouri Bar on the subject of adoptions. Adoptions are yet another mechanism of establishing custody for children, even though…

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