COATES v. COATES

Nos. 12361, 12370.

650 S.W.2d 307 (1983)

Muriel Jean COATES, Appellant-Respondent, v. James Edward COATES, Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied March 29, 1983.

Application to Transfer Denied May 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Jones, Calvin R. Holden, Jones, Keeter, Karchmer, Nelms, Sullivan & Kirby, Springfield, for appellant-respondent.

Lynn E. Heitman, Turner, Reid, Duncan & Loomer, P.C., Springfield, for respondent-appellant.


FLANIGAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff Muriel Jean Coates filed an action for separate maintenance, (§ 452.130),1 against her husband defendant James Edward Coates. Defendant filed a counterclaim for dissolution of marriage. The trial court, after hearing the evidence, entered a decree of legal separation, (§ 452.305, par. 2), awarded custody of a minor child to plaintiff, ordered defendant to pay plaintiff $300 per month as maintenance...

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