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IN RE EXHUMATION OF BODY OF D.M.

No. 17108.

808 S.W.2d 37 (1991)

In re EXHUMATION OF the BODY OF D.M. MISSOURI DIVISION OF FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant, v. Deborah MOSBY, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

May 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Czamanske, Jr., Dept. of Social Services, Jefferson City, for appellant.

James E. McGhee, Dexter, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal of an order dismissing a petition filed on behalf of the Missouri Department of Social Services (the department). The petition sought an order to exhume and autopsy the body of D.M. Respondent (the mother of the deceased) filed a motion to dismiss the petition alleging that the department lacked legal standing to bring the action for exhumation and autopsy. The trial court sustained respondent's motion. This court affirms.

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