Case Name: Pamela Michelle SNELLING, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Walter Larry SNELLING, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1982-01-25
Citations: 627 S.W.2d 900
Docket Number: No. 12249
Parties: Pamela Michelle SNELLING, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Walter Larry SNELLING, Appellant.
Judges: GREENE, P. J., and FLANIGAN, J., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 627
Pages: 900–901

Head Matter:
Pamela Michelle SNELLING, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Walter Larry SNELLING, Appellant.
No. 12249.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.
Jan. 25, 1982.
James F. DeNeen, Joplin, for petitioner-respondent.
Ross T. Roberts, Roberts & Fleischaker, Joplin, for appellant.

Opinion:
TITUS, Judge.
The husband-father in this dissolution of marriage action instituted by the wife-mother in the Circuit Court of Jasper County, appeals from the decree of dissolution made and entered March 25, 1981. Two boys, Larry Kevin and Kerry Scott respectively 12 and 5 years of age at time of trial, were born of the marriage. By its decree, the court awarded principal care and custody of the older boy to the father and princi pal care and custody of the younger boy to the mother. As appellant, the father contends the court nisi erred in not giving him the principal care and custody of both boys.
We find the decree herein, reviewable under Rule 73.01, is supported by substantial evidence and is not against the weight of the evidence. Also, we find that no error of law appears and that an extended opinion would have no precedential value. The decree of the circuit court is affirmed in compliance with Rule 84.16(b).
GREENE, P. J., and FLANIGAN, J., concur.
. References to rules are to Missouri Rules of Court, V.A.M.R.