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DOBYNS v. DOBYNS

No. WD34037.

650 S.W.2d 701 (1983)

Robert Edgar DOBYNS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dao Thi DOBYNS, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

April 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Langdon, Bradley, Langdon & Bradley, Lexington, for defendant-appellant.

James D. Worthington, D.W. Sherman, Jr., Aull, Sherman & Worthington, Lexington, for plaintiff-respondent.

Before WASSERSTROM, P.J., and TURNAGE and CLARK, JJ.

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

This is a child custody determination made pursuant to an original petition filed by the father Robert Dobyns ("Robert"). The trial court granted custody to Robert with rights of visitation to the mother Dao Thi Dobyns ("Dao"). Dao appeals. Contrary to her contentions, we hold: (1) the Missouri trial court had jurisdiction to hold an original custody hearing and was not precluded from doing so by the divorce decree entered by a Nevada...

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