C.M. v. K.M

K.M., appellant, appeals the order of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis Juvenile Division granting C.M.'s, respondent, motion for new trial. Respondent moves for dismissal of this appeal, and the juvenile officer of the juvenile court has filed a brief in support of respondent. In his four points on appeal, appellant essentially claims that the juvenile court, Judge Baker presiding, erred in: (1) granting respondent's motion for new trial and transferring the case to the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis Division 15 (trial court) because the juvenile court failed to specify the reasons for its grant as required by Rule 78.03; (2) granting respondent's nunc pro tunc motion which amended the order granting respondent's motion for new trial to indicate that legal and physical custody over the minor children, Matthew and Scott, be transferred from him to the Division of Family Services; (3) ordering that appellant have supervised visits with his minor children, be prohibited from communicating with the children, and granting the juvenile officer's motion to intervene; and (4) disqualifying appellant's attorneys from representing him in this action. In her motion to dismiss, respondent claims that the trial court's order granting her motion for new trial is not a final appealable order. We reverse and remand.