IN RE ADOPTION OF D___ R___ E___,

No. 14058.

696 S.W.2d 882 (1985)

In re the ADOPTION OF D___ R___ E___, A Minor.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

August 28, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Weber Gilmore, Gilmore, Gilmore, Taylor & Burns, Sikeston, for respondent.

Bruce Lawrence, Leible & Lawrence, Sikeston, for appellant.


PREWITT, Chief Judge.

Appellant is the father of a female child, nine years of age, sought to be adopted by respondent. The marriage of appellant and the child's mother was terminated by a decree of dissolution and the mother received custody. Nearly seven years later appellant filed a motion to modify the dissolution decree, seeking custody of the child. Two weeks later respondent, the stepmother of appellant's ex-wife, filed a petition to adopt the child under chapter...

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