MATTER OF ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL DOE

No. WD 31721.

621 S.W.2d 87 (1981)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF BABY GIRL DOE.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

August 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale C. Doerhoff, Jefferson City, for appellant Karen Stover; Cook, Vetter & Doerhoff, Jefferson City, of counsel.

Robert L. Hawkins, III, Jefferson City, for Guardian ad litem; Hawkins, Brydon & Swearengen, Jefferson City, of counsel.

Forrest P. Carson, Jefferson City, for respondents-petitioners; Carson, Monaco, Coil & Riley, Jefferson City, of counsel.

Before PRITCHARD, P. J., and TURNAGE and CLARK, JJ.


PRITCHARD, Presiding Judge.

The natural mother of a female child, born out of wedlock on January 10, 1976, appeals from an adverse decree of adoption. The petition for adoption alleges that appellant had abandoned the child, but apparently the parties have joined on the issue of whether the natural mother had "for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the filing of the petition * * * willfully neglected to provide...

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