Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
Samantha Smith vs. Kevin C. Smith and Angela Wilson-Smith
Mother, Samantha Smith, appealed a "Family Access Judgment and Judgment of Contempt" which found in favor of Grandmother regarding visitation rights and contempt. Mother argued that her proposed visitation schedule, included in a relocation letter, superseded the prior dissolution judgment, and that the trial court erred in altering custody. The appellate court affirmed the judgment, holding that the relocation statute does not automatically make a proposed visitation schedule operative without a court order or agreement, and that the trial court's order did not modify custody but merely clarified Grandmother's visitation rights.