MATTER OF M. D. H.

No. 11129.

595 S.W.2d 448 (1980)

In the Matter of M. D. H., a minor.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Three.

February 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. H. Thomas, Jr., Routh, Thomas, Birdsong & Hutton, Rolla, for petitioners-respondents.

Gene Gulinson, Curtis W. Carle, Salem, for petitioners-appellants.


MAUS, Judge.

In this case, while the trial court could have denied an adoption by either of the parties, essentially the trial court was called upon to determine whether a female child should be adopted by her foster parents (Respondents) or by her paternal grandmother and step-grandfather (Appellants). The trial court chose the foster parents. By their appeal the appellants ask this court to declare that the trial court made the wrong

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