IN RE S.M.H.

No. SC 86440.

160 S.W.3d 355 (2005)

In the Interest of S.M.H., a minor. Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Family Services, and Juvenile Officer, Respondents, v. T.H., Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

March 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michele Hammond and Francis J. Murphy, III, St. Louis, MO, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., James H. Klahr and Gary L. Gardner, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, Margaret E. Gangle, St. Louis, MO, for Respondents.

Ashley R. Beumer, St. Louis, MO, Amicus Curiae.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

T.H., Jr., (Father) appeals the termination of his parental rights to his daughter, S.M.H. He alleges that the trial judge erred in failing to grant his motion for change of judge under Rule 126.01 and, further, that there was insufficient evidence to support the termination. This Court holds a petition to terminate parental rights is a "supplemental petition" for purposes of Rule 126.01. As such, Father was not entitled to a change of judge...

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