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SHORTT v. LASSWELL

No. 15626.

765 S.W.2d 387 (1989)

Vilma (Lasswell) SHORTT, Respondent, v. Evert Earl LASSWELL and Gladys Louise Lasswell, Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

February 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Bender, Sherwood, Honecker & Bender, Springfield, for appellants.

Jerry L. Reynolds, Ronald A. Conway, Jerry L. Reynolds & Assoc., P.C., Springfield, for respondent.

HOLSTEIN, Chief Judge.

Paternal grandparents, having custody of their grandson pursuant to divorce decree, appeal from a modification of that decree in which the child's mother is awarded custody. Vilma (Lasswell) Shortt and Larry Dean Lasswell were divorced in Grayson County, Texas, on August 22, 1984. Their son, C.M., born September 17, 1977, began living with his paternal grandparents two months before the divorce. The Texas decree provided that the paternal grandparents...

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