Legal Opinion
In RE ADOPTION OF NLBMT v. Lentz
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 9, 2007No. SC 87291PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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. Mo. Const, art. V, sec. 3. The judgment is reversed, and the case remanded.
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The adoptive child was born on December 12, 2004, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Father traveled from his home in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- In the Interest of C. L. M.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1981
- State Ex Rel. J. D. S. v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
- K.R.C. v. M.W.B.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2001
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- Adoption of N.L.B. v. C.L.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2009
- In Re Adoption of CMBRSupreme Court of Missouri · 2011
- In the Interest of J.J.B. v. J.A.V.C.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2010
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