{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"emily-jane-corson","displayName":"Emily Jane Corson","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed109820:2022-02-08","opinionId":"8cda0972-5bbd-55a1-b8c0-d7a4d85a4050","slug":"emily-jane-corson-respondent-v-joshua-ryan-corson-respondent-and-elaine-k-109820","caseName":"Emily Jane Corson, Respondent, v. Joshua Ryan Corson, Respondent, and Elaine Korn, Proposed Intervenor/Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED109820","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2022-02-08","year":2022,"display_summary":"Elaine Korn, the maternal grandmother, sought to intervene in her daughter Emily Corson's dissolution of marriage action against Joshua Corson to obtain grandparent visitation rights. The circuit court denied Korn's motion to intervene as untimely, which Korn appealed. The appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment, concluding that the circuit court did not abuse its discretion in determining that Korn's application to intervene was untimely, especially given the prejudice to the existing parties who had already reached a consent judgment.","primaryTopic":"family-law","topicSlugs":["family-law","child-custody","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=184174","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/emily-jane-corson-respondent-v-joshua-ryan-corson-respondent-and-elaine-k-109820","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":36,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law","topic: child-custody","text: dissolution","text: visitation"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: civil-procedure","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}