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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF SHELLY _____

No. 43861.

625 S.W.2d 183 (1981)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF SHELLY _____.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

October 6, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Toohey, Jr., Toohey & Moore, P. C., Perryville, for appellant.

Janette Boyd Lancaster, Lewis, Rice, Tucker, Allen & Chubb, St. Louis, for respondent.

GUNN, Judge.

Appellant is the natural father of Shelly _____, the cynosure of these proceedings. Shelly's mother and second husband filed a joint petition seeking to terminate the parental rights of the natural father and for Shelly's adoption by them. The trial court, after finding that the appellant had willfully neglected to provide Shelly with proper care and maintenance for at least one year preceding its filing, granted the petition. The appellant's point on...

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