{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"lindsey-r-nilsson-and-joshua-d-platz","displayName":"Lindsey R. Nilsson and Joshua D. Platz","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd86003:2023-11-21","opinionId":"f1948525-66e6-5aea-be82-a78aa9e0852f","slug":"elaine-payne-v-lindsey-r-nilsson-and-joshua-d-platz-d86003","caseName":"Elaine Payne \nvs.\nLindsey R. Nilsson and Joshua D. Platz","caseNumber":"WD86003","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-11-21","year":2023,"display_summary":"Parents Lindsey Nilsson and Joshua Platz appealed the circuit court's judgment granting third-party visitation rights to Child's maternal grandmother, Elaine Payne. The circuit court had awarded Grandmother unsupervised visitation based on a finding that it would be in Child's best interests. The appellate court reversed, holding that the evidence was insufficient to prove Child's welfare required third-party visitation, which is a necessary prerequisite under Section 452.375.5(5) to rebut the presumption that natural parents are fit to make decisions.","primaryTopic":"family-law","topicSlugs":["family-law","appellate-procedure","standard-of-review","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=202893","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/elaine-payne-v-lindsey-r-nilsson-and-joshua-d-platz-d86003","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law","text: visitation"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence","topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}