(DOWNLOAD) "Melvin Van Pelt v. Regina Van Pelt" by Western District Court of Appeals of Missouri ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Melvin Van Pelt v. Regina Van Pelt
- Author : Western District Court of Appeals of Missouri
- Release Date : January 28, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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Respondent Melvin Van Pelt filed a dissolution action in which his wife Regina Van Pelt was denied custody and visitation
of the three minor children. Regina appeals, arguing that the trial court incorrectly denied her reasonable visitation rights,
because such a ruling is against Missouri public policy, no finding of physical endangerment or impairment of emotional development
was made under § 452.400.1, RSMo Cum. Supp. 1990, 1 there was no evidence of endangerment to the physical health
or impairment of the emotional development of the children, and finally, because the court did not appoint a guardian ad litem
under § 452.423.1. The parties were married in 1975, and in May of 1987, Melvin left the marital home with the children, filed for divorce,
and sought sole custody of the minor children. A month later, Melvin and the children returned to the marital home and the
couple resumed their marital relationship until August of 1989, when Regina left the home without the children. The majority
of the testimony at trial relates to outside observation of the children and their relationship with and treatment by their
mother and father, from the early 1980's until trial. Although the standard of review is that of a court tried case under
Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976), and as such the ruling is upheld if there is sufficient evidence to support
it, the facts important to the points will be discussed below in great detail, given Regina Van Pelt's important interest
in seeing her children.