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            instrument and do not constitute alimony within the meaning of                            
            sections 61(a)(8) and 71.                                                                 
                  The docket sheet entry identifies petitioner's motion for                           
            temporary maintenance and reflects the appearance of counsel.  It                         
            also indicates the action taken; i.e., that Mr. Landreth was                              
            ordered to pay petitioner $1,800 per month for temporary                                  
            maintenance and that petitioner had withdrawn her motion for                              
            attorney fees.  Although unsigned, it was handwritten by the                              
            judge before whom the motion was presented.  The docket sheet                             
            entry did not include a directive to the parties to prepare a                             
            written order or judgment for subsequent execution and entry, and                         
            thus, there is no indication that the judge did not intend it to                          
            be a final determination of the rights of the parties with                                
            respect to the motion.  See Grantham v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co.,                          
            721 S.W.2d 242, 245 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986); Munn v. Garrett, 666                             
            S.W.2d 37, 39 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984); Orgill Bros. & Co., Inc. v.                            
            Rhodes, 669 S.W.2d  302, 303-304 (Mo. Ct. App. 1984).  The docket                         
            sheet entry is a determination of the rights of petitioner and                            
            Mr. Landreth with respect to the motion and shows the relief                              
            granted in intelligible language.  Consequently it satisfies the                          
            requirements set forth in Byrd v. Brown, supra.  We therefore                             
            reject petitioner's argument that the docket sheet entry lacked                           
            the requisite specificity to be considered an order or judgment.                          







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