IN RE J.M.J.

No. WD 75852.

404 S.W.3d 423 (2013)

In re J.M.J. M.W. and R.W, Respondents, v. D.J. (Mother), Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

July 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna K. Lingo , Columbia, MO, for Respondent.

Elizabeth K. Magee , Columbia, MO, for J.M.J., and David F. Barrett for Appellant.

Before Division Three: LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Presiding Judge, MARK D. PFEIFFER and CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judges.


D.J. ("Mother") appeals the juvenile court's judgment terminating her parental rights to her daughter, J.M.J., and granting the petition of J.M.J.'s maternal grandfather, R.W., and step-grandmother, M.W., (referred to collectively as "Grandparents"), to adopt J.M.J. On appeal, Mother contends the juvenile court should have dismissed the adoption petition for lack of jurisdiction because J.M.J. was already the subject of letters of guardianship issued by the probate court...

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