IN RE McDUFFEE

No. 48712.

352 S.W.2d 23 (1961)

In the Matter of Margaret Ruth McDUFFEE (Formerly Known as Margaret Ruth Bramble), a Minor. John W. McDUFFEE and Virginia McDuffee, Petitioners, Appellants, v. Arthur K. REHM, Guardian ad Litem for Margaret Ruth McDuffee (Formerly Known as Margaret Ruth Bramble), a Minor, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 11, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur K. Rehm, Clayton, Guardian ad litem for Margaret Ruth McDuffee, a Minor; and for respondent.

F. X. Cleary, Paul S. Brown, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel & Hamilton, St. Louis, for appellants.


HOLLINGSWORTH, Judge.

This action was brought in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County on November 19, 1958, to annul a decree of adoption of a minor child rendered in the juvenile division of that court on April 12, 1956. The petitioners, husband and wife, are the adoptive parents and the respondent is the duly appointed guardian ad litem of said child. The trial court, on motion of the guardian ad litem, dismissed the...

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