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4 days ago |
molawyersmedia.com | Jordan Yount
Plaintiff appealed the trial court’s order appointing her sister as the sole guardian and conservator of their father. Where plaintiff’s notice of appeal was not timely filed, the court was constrained to dismiss the appeal. In the Matter of: Claypool (MLW No. 83382/Case No. WD86931 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Thomson, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Macon County, Burks, J. (Clark L. Jones for appellant) (Mark L. Williams for respondent)
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4 days ago |
molawyersmedia.com | Jordan Yount
Defendant appealed the trial court’s termination of his parental rights to his daughter, arguing that the trial court erred in finding clear, convincing evidence that two statutory grounds for termination existed. Where the trial court had found other bases for termination not challenged by defendant, the court was constrained to affirm the trial court’s judgment.
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4 days ago |
molawyersmedia.com | Jordan Yount
Defendant appealed the trial court’s child custody and support order after granting plaintiff’s motion to modify, arguing that the trial court improperly imputed his income when calculating the child support amount and improperly ordered him to pay the parties’ children’s parochial school tuition as an extraordinary education expense.
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4 days ago |
molawyersmedia.com | Jordan Yount
Defendant appealed his conviction for statutory rape and his sentence as a predatory sexual offender to life imprisonment. Defendant argued that the trial court improperly excluded the victim’s prior sexual relationship under the rape shield law as an alternate source of the victim’s pregnancy and that there was insufficient evidence to prove defendant met the statutory criteria for designation as a predatory sexual offender.
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4 days ago |
molawyersmedia.com | Jordan Yount
Defendant appealed his conviction for second-degree murder, armed criminal action, endangering the welfare of a child, and unlawful use of a weapon, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence to prove that his actions created a substantial risk to a child and arguing that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on all theories of defense of others.
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