IN RE ADOPTION OF N.L.B.M.T. v. LENTZ

No. SC 87291.

212 S.W.3d 123 (2007)

In re the ADOPTION OF N.L.B.M.T. and S.T., Respondents, v. Craig LENTZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Arnold, III, Nathalie C. Elliott, Richard L. Becker, Gladstone, for Appellant.

Cheri Cole Simkins, Independence, for Respondents.

Laurie V. Snell, Kansas City, for Amicus Curiae (Guardian ad Litem).


STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR., Judge.

This is a contested adoption in which the natural father, Craig Lentz, claims that the trial court wrongfully entered a judgment terminating his parental rights and approving the adoption. Father brought his appeal directly to this Court contesting the validity of one of the adoption statutes in question, section 453.030.3, RSMo Supp. 2005.1 This Court has jurisdiction...

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