Case Name: Linda Kay DODD, Appellant, v. Billy Gene DODD, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1976-08-12
Citations: 540 S.W.2d 232
Docket Number: No. 10051
Parties: Linda Kay DODD, Appellant, v. Billy Gene DODD, Respondent.
Judges: Before BILLINGS, C. J., and HOGAN and FLANIGAN, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 540
Pages: 232–233

Head Matter:
Linda Kay DODD, Appellant, v. Billy Gene DODD, Respondent.
No. 10051.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Springfield District.
Aug. 12, 1976.
George W. Gilmore, Jr., Gilmore & Gilmore, Sikeston, for appellant.
Jim S. Green, Hux & Green, Sikeston, for respondent.
Before BILLINGS, C. J., and HOGAN and FLANIGAN, JJ.

Opinion:
BILLINGS, Chief Judge.
Custody proceeding. The Circuit Court of Scott County modified the custody portion of a dissolution decree and awarded respondent-father the principal custody of the parties' eight-year-old son.
The transcript of the hearing held on the motion to modify shows the judgment is based on findings of fact which are not clearly erroneous. There is evidence of changes of circumstances since the custody was vested in appellant-mother.
We defer to the trial court's judgment that the interests of the child will be best served by granting respondent-father custody-
No error of law appears and an opinion would have no precedential value.
Judgment affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).
All concur.