Lehmen v. Richards

NUGENT, Judge.

Johnnie Franklin Richards appeals from the decree of adoption of the circuit court of Cole County terminating the parental rights of the appellant, the natural father of John Henry Richards II and Douglas Michael Richards. The decree was entered after evidentiary hearing pursuant to § 453.040, RS Mo. 1978, on the joint petition of the boys’ stepfather, Jerome Joseph Leh-men and their natural mother, Linda Katherine Lehmen. At the same time the court overruled the appellant’s motion to modify the dissolution decree in the circuit court case of In Re: The Marriage of Linda K.…