State of Missouri v. Jahnke

This is an action arising in the juvenile division of the circuit court of Jackson county. The facts appearing are that Mary Monica Jahnke is a minor fourteen years of age. In 1913 her father and mother were divorced, the father obtaining the decree and custody of the child, Mary, being awarded to the mother Catherine L. Jahnke who died in 1918. In 1916 the mother surrendered Mary to the jurisdiction of the juvenile division of the circuit court, upon the ground that the child was neglected by her father Walter C. Jahnke, by reason of his failure to support her. After the death of her mother,…