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IN RE ADOPTION OF M.D.L.

No. WD 35537.

682 S.W.2d 886 (1984)

In re the ADOPTION OF M.D.L. L.R.C. and P.D.C., Petitioners-Respondents, v. D.L., Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

December 18, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter R. Simpson, Kansas City, for defendant-appellant.

Stuart J. Newman, Kansas City, for petitioners-respondents.

Before PRITCHARD, P.J., and SHANGLER and BERREY, JJ.

BERREY, Judge.

Petitioners-respondents sought adoption of M.D.L. The natural mother consented to the adoption but the natural father D.L., an inmate at Central Missouri Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Missouri, objected.

In a very complete finding the trial court held that the father had wilfully abandoned and neglected the child for more than six months prior to the filing of the adoption. The court also found D.L. had wilfully failed to maintain a...

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