EATHERTON v. EATHERTON

No. 51663.

725 S.W.2d 125 (1987)

In re the Marriage of John W. EATHERTON, Petitioner-Appellant. v. Toni Arleen EATHERTON, Respondent-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Howard, St. Louis, for petitioner-appellant.

Mark S. Vincent, Union, for respondent-respondent.


REINHARD, Judge.

Father appeals from a trial court order modifying a dissolution decree to change primary custody of the parties' one child from father to mother. We reverse.

The record reveals that the child, Brenda, was born of the marriage on December 4, 1979. The first hearing in the dissolution action was in March 1985. On April 1, 1985, the judge wrote the following letter to the attorneys for the parties:

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