INTEREST OF M.K.S.

No. SD 36702.

612 S.W.3d 260 (2020)

In the INTEREST OF: M.K.S., a minor child. Lawrence County Juvenile Office, Petitioner-Respondent, v. W.J.S., Respondent-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Filed: December 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney for Appellant — J. Matthew Miller of Springfield, MO.

Attorneys for Respondent Missouri Department of Social Services, Children's Division — Eric S. Schmitt (Attorney General), Megan L. Dittmann-Ryan of Jefferson City, MO.

Attorney for Minor Child — William G. Petrus, Jr. of Mount Vernon, MO.


M.K.S. ("Child") was taken into foster care in 2016, at five years of age, when her mother W.J.S. ("Mother") was incarcerated for the second time in Child's life for a parole violation; Mother was also incarcerated, and thus separated from Child, from 2012 to 2015. Child was in the care of family, but Children's Services...

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