AKERS v. JOHNSON

No. ED 73584.

10 S.W.3d 581 (2000)

Laura AKERS, Intervenor/Appellant, v. Paul Vaughn JOHNSON, Plaintiff/Respondent, Maureen Elaine Steffen, and William James Steffen, by his Legal Guardian, Winifred Steffen, Defendants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Four.

January 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Leonard, St. Louis, for Akers.

Michael A. Campbell, St. Louis, for Johnson.

Joseph E. Cordell, Creve Coeur, for Steffen.


MARY RHODES RUSSELL, Judge.

Wife appeals from a judgment in a paternity action establishing a father-child relationship between her deceased husband and his alleged child. She also appeals the denial of her motion to intervene. We reverse the judgment of the trial court declaring decedent to be the child's father as the court never attained personal jurisdiction over decedent in that the putative personal representative lacked capacity to act as personal representative...

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