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STATE EX REL. J.D.S. v. EDWARDS

No. 60634.

574 S.W.2d 405 (1978)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. J. D. S., a minor child by his guardian ad litem, and J. D. M., Relators, v. The Honorable Ninian M. EDWARDS, Judge of the Juvenile Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Dodson, Festus, for relator (Father).

Elizabeth R. Levine, Clayton, Michael Bastian, St. Louis (of counsel), for relator (Atty. and Guardian).

Martin Schiff, Jr., Clayton, for respondent.

RENDLEN, Judge.

Relators J.D.M., the putative father and J.D.S., his illegitimate son, sought prohibition in the Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, to prevent the Judge of the Juvenile Court of St. Louis County from transferring the guardianship and custody of the child to the State Division of Family Services after terminating the parental rights of only the child's unwed mother. The Court of Appeals issued its writ prohibiting respondent from making such custodial...

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