J.W. v. Missouri Division of Family Services

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

The Juvenile Officer of the City of St. Louis filed a petition seeking to terminate J.W.’s (hereinafter mother) parental rights to her five children: S.D.W., age 5; F.W., age 6; M.L.W., age 4; A.D.W., age 2; and D.N.W., age 1. Following a hearing on the petition, the trial court entered its order terminating the mother’s parental rights in and over her five children pursuant to § 211.477 RSMo 1978.

On appeal the mother challenges the trial court Order terminating her parental rights over her children because: (1) there was insufficient evidence to find that the…