DOUGHERTY v. MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (2020)

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Aaron M. DOUGHERTY, Sr., et al., Appellants, v. The MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES/The Children's Division, et al., Respondents.

WD 82133

Decided: July 21, 2020

Before Division Four: Karen King Mitchell, Presiding Judge, Thomas H. Newton, and Anthony Rex Gabbert, Judges

Richard Sullivan, Independence, MO, Counsel for Appellants. Abbie Rothermich, Kansas City, MO, Counsel for Respondents. Caleb Wagner, Kansas City, MO, Co-Counsel for Respondents.

ORDER

Mr. Aaron and Ms. Kelsey Dougherty, in their own right and on behalf of four minor children, appeal a Jackson County Circuit Court grant, on immunity grounds, of the motion for summary judgment filed by individual employees of the Children's Division of the Missouri Department of Social Services. For reasons stated in the memorandum provided to the parties, we affirm. Rule 84.16(b).

Per Curiam:

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