IN INTEREST OF M. K. R.

No. 58545.

515 S.W.2d 467 (1974)

In the Interest of M. K. R., a child, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

November 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan F. Stewart, Clayton, guardian ad litem, for appellant; Jesse A. Goldner, St. Louis, of Counsel.

Frank Susman, Barry S. Schermer, Susman, Schermer, Willer & Rimmel, St. Louis, for respondent.

Huger & Cramer, Bernard C. Huger, St. Louis, for Catholic Charities of St. Louis.

Richard J. Habiger, Richard L. North, Wendy W. Schiller, St. Louis, for National Juvenile Law Center.


HENLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the juvenile division of the circuit court of St. Louis county authorizing sterilization by surgical procedure of M.K.R., a mentally-deficient female child.

While the appeal was directed to this court on the ground the case presented issues involving construction of the constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state, counsel for appellant in his reply brief tacitly concedes that these...

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