IN RE C.M.D.

No. WD 56723.

18 S.W.3d 565 (2000)

In the Interest of C.M.D., Plaintiff, Juvenile Officer, Respondent, v. G.B. (Grandmother), Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

May 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Higgins Tyler, Kansas City, for plaintiff.

Anastacia Renae Adamson, Michael Reid Fogal, Co-Counsel, Robert Michael Schieber, Co-Counsel, Kansas City, Mary Kathryn O'Malley, Co-Counsel, for respondent.

Before Presiding Judge LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge JOSEPH M. ELLIS and Judge EDWIN H. SMITH.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Presiding Judge.

G.B., the grandmother of C.D., appeals the juvenile court's ruling denying her motion to intervene in the juvenile court case in which the custody of C.D. is being determined. Because we agree with Grandmother that under Section 211.177 she has a right to intervene in the custody proceeding where, as here, the trial judge did not find that intervention was against the best interests of the child, and because we reject the judge...

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