IN INTEREST OF W.H.J.

No. 58268.

511 S.W.2d 795 (1974)

In the Interest of W. H. J., Jr., a child under seventeen years of age.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

July 22, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Herschel Bryant, Legal Aid Society, Liberty, for appellants.

Abe Shafer, of Witt & Shafer, Platte City, for respondent; William D. Lay, Guardian ad Litem, of counsel.


HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Appeal by natural parents of child from denial of petition to revoke consent to adoption, asserting presence of questions involving construction of the Constitution of the United States and of this state. Jurisdiction on that ground is, at most, arguable; however, the case involves the welfare of an infant and his relationship to his parents and others, and it is retained for decision in the interest of an early resolution of those interests...

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