SHEPLER v. SHEPLER

No. 30766.

348 S.W.2d 607 (1961)

Melba E. SHEPLER, Plaintiff, v. Edward R. SHEPLER, Defendant. In the Matter of Terry Rae SHEPLER, an infant, and Kevin Lee Shepler, an infant: Otis Terrill Sayres and Lorena Sayres, Petitioners-Respondents, v. Edward R. SHEPLER, Defendant-Appellant.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

July 18, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Andy Zenge, Jr., Canton, for appellant.

Tom Brown, Jr., Edina, John B. Smoot, Memphis, for respondents.


BRADY, Commissioner.

Melba Shepler was divorced from the appellant, Edward R. Shepler, in 1955. In that action she was awarded custody of Terry Rae Shepler and Kevin Lee Shepler, and was also awarded the sum of $100 a month for their support. On July 24, 1960, Melba Shepler drowned. The children were taken to the home of their father's sister and stayed with her until after their mother's funeral, and then were taken to the home of their maternal grandparents, the...

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