BENTON v. BENTON

No. 11979.

620 S.W.2d 433 (1981)

Ronald Michael BENTON, Counter-Movant-Respondent, v. Joetta Elizabeth BENTON, Movant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

August 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Pratt, Springfield, for movant-appellant.

William A. Wear, Blythe Crist-Brown, Springfield, for counter-movant-respondent.


FLANIGAN, Judge.

In October 1979 appellant Joetta Benton filed, in the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, a motion to modify a prior custody decree, Sec. 452.410,1 concerning her son Bradley Benton who was born February 2, 1972. Respondent Ronald Benton, father of Bradley and former husband of Joetta, filed a "Counter Motion to Modify."

The original decree awarded "custody" of Bradley to appellant but also provided, "[Respondent...

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