In the Interest of C.M.L. v. Greene County Juvenile Office

JOHN E. PARRISH, Presiding Judge.

J.M. (appellant), the alleged natural father of C.M.L., attempts to appeal an order terminating his parental rights. That order, however, is not a final judgment in that it fails to adjudicate the rights of S.L., the mother of C.M.L., although S.L. was named a party in the petition by which the termination of parental rights action was brought. The appeal is dismissed.

A petition to terminate parental rights of appellant and S.L. was filed in the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Greene County, Missouri, on July 1, 2003. The case was called for trial…