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STATE EX REL. WILSON v. BROWN

No. 19908.

897 S.W.2d 171 (1995)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. Laurie Kennett WILSON, Relator, v. The Honorable J. Michael BROWN, Judge, 30th Judicial Circuit, Polk County, Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

April 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa C. Henderson, Buffalo, for relator.

Ralph W. Gilchrist, Bolivar, for respondent.

GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

Relator (Wife) contends that Respondent should be ordered to dismiss, for lack of jurisdiction, a suit for dissolution of marriage filed by her husband in Polk County, Missouri because of her pending dissolution action in Texas, or in the alternative to cease further proceedings so long as the Texas suit is pending. The primary issue argued by the parties is whether the Missouri or Texas court has jurisdiction to decide child custody issues...

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