By Kansas City Divorce Attorney Mark Wortman on Posted in Domestic Abuse,Family Law,Spousal AbuseRecent Case: Respondent’s conduct did not rise to the level of stalking to support an order of protection. Respondent appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting a full order of protection in favor of Petitioner. Respondent argues the trial court erred in granting a full order of protection under Section 455.040 because Petitioner… Continue Reading
By Kansas City Divorce Attorney Mark Wortman on Posted in Child Abuse,Child Custody and Visitation,Domestic AbuseRecent case: Termination of parental rights for failure to rectify When children are taken into protective care by the children’s division, the goal is to reunite the children and the parent(s). However, parental rights can ultimately be terminated because of a failure of the parents to remedy the cause(s) of the children to be taken… Continue Reading
By Kansas City Divorce Attorney Mark Wortman on Posted in Domestic Abuse,Legal ProceedingsRecent Case: SD v. MW Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District – SD31296 Under section 455.010(13), "stalking" occurs when any person purposely and repeatedly engages in an unwanted course of conduct that causes alarm to another person when it is reasonable in that person’s situation to have been alarmed by the conduct. As used in… Continue Reading