WILSON v. SULLIVAN

No. 73219.

967 S.W.2d 225 (1998)

Tresa Jo WILSON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Daniel Joseph SULLIVAN, Defendant/Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.

Application for Transfer Denied June 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Stern, St. Louis, for Appellant.

Edward C. Vancil, David G. Kullman, Creve Coeur, for Respondent.


GRIMM, Presiding Judge.

This case involves a motion to modify custody. The sole issue is whether the special judge from outside the circuit who heard a previous motion to modify and entered judgment thereon in 1996 retains jurisdiction to hear a new motion filed in 1997. We hold that he does not. Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions.

I. Background

Some time prior to 1989, mother filed her dissolution petition in St. Louis County, where...

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