{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"sophia-chu","displayName":"Sophia Chu","totalCases":2},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappd:ed113078:2025-09-16","opinionId":"cb645beb-8fe9-57d9-903a-1566cdaa5b8a","slug":"sophia-chu-respondent-v-william-l-bryan-nanna-appellant-113078","caseName":"Sophia Chu, Respondent, v. William L. \"Bryan\" Nanna, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED113078","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2025-09-16","year":2025,"display_summary":"Sophia Chu filed a motion to register a foreign (Japanese) divorce judgment against William Nanna. Nanna filed a motion to dismiss the registration and a motion to quash garnishment, which the circuit court denied. Nanna then filed an interlocutory appeal challenging the circuit court's denial. The appellate court dismissed the appeal as moot because a separate, related appeal (ED113487) had already reversed the circuit court's judgment denying Nanna's motion to dismiss.","primaryTopic":"appellate-procedure","topicSlugs":["appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","family-law"],"outcomeNorm":"dismissed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=224917","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/sophia-chu-respondent-v-william-l-bryan-nanna-appellant-113078","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law"],"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"},{"caseId":"moappd:ed113487:2025-09-16","opinionId":"0643a023-7a0c-56cf-89b5-1a98e586bd59","slug":"sophia-chu-respondent-v-william-l-nanna-appellant-113487","caseName":"Sophia Chu, Respondent, v. William L. Nanna, Appellant.","caseNumber":"ED113487","court":"moappd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District","decisionDate":"2025-09-16","year":2025,"display_summary":"Sophia Chu filed an unverified motion to register a Japanese divorce judgment against William Nanna. Nanna moved to dismiss, arguing that Chu failed to file a properly verified petition as required by statute. The circuit court denied Nanna's motion to dismiss. The appellate court reversed the circuit court's judgment, holding that Chu's failure to comply with the mandatory statutory requirement of filing a verified petition rendered the registration improper, and dismissed Chu's motion to register the foreign judgment without prejudice.","primaryTopic":"civil-procedure","topicSlugs":["civil-procedure","appellate-procedure","family-law"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=224919","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/sophia-chu-respondent-v-william-l-nanna-appellant-113487","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law"],"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"}]}