GALLION v. MORGANFIELD

No. 58561.

805 S.W.2d 744 (1991)

Stanford GALLION and Donna Gallion, Appellants, v. William MORGANFIELD, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

March 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita M. Montgomery, Alif A. Williams, St. Louis, for appellants.

Nelson B. Rich, St. Louis, for respondent.


CRIST, Judge.

Appellants, mother and son, appeal the trial court's dismissal of their paternity suit against respondent. The trial court sustained respondent's motion to dismiss because the suit was barred by the Statute of Limitations. We reverse and remand.

Mother first brought suit against respondent in January 1985. The paternity action was filed pursuant to the Declaratory Judgments Act, Chapter 527 RSMo. In January 1985, Missouri law provided neither...

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