{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"zjohn-riley","displayName":"Zjohn Riley","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd81730:2019-04-16","opinionId":"d496f1fd-d197-5af0-93c8-88d23a614c67","slug":"erika-johnson-v-zjohn-riley-d81730","caseName":"Erika Johnson\nvs.\nZjohn Riley","caseNumber":"WD81730","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2019-04-16","year":2019,"display_summary":"Erika Johnson appealed the circuit court's judgment modifying child custody and child support, which had granted Zjohn Riley joint legal and physical custody and reduced his child support obligation. The circuit court had entered its judgment after Mother failed to appear. The appellate court reversed, finding insufficient evidence of a change in circumstances related to the child or custodian to warrant the custody modification. Consequently, the child support modification, being intertwined with custody, was also reversed. The court also denied Mother's jurisdictional point due to an insufficient record on appeal.","primaryTopic":"family-law","topicSlugs":["family-law","child-custody","civil-procedure","appellate-procedure"],"outcomeNorm":"reversed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=139153","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/erika-johnson-v-zjohn-riley-d81730","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":38,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law","topic: child-custody","text: custody","text: child support"],"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"}]}