State ex rel. K.C. v. Gant

BLACKMAR, Judge.

A juvenile officer of Jackson County filed petitions in Juvenile Court pursuant to § 211.031, RSMo 1978, alleging that the minor children of relator were without proper care, custody and support. The Commissioner of the Juvenile Court,1 after hearing evidence, amended one count of each petition “to conform to the evidence,”2 and, on finding that the allegations as amended were established by the evidence, recommended the removal of the children from relator’s custody and the granting of custody to their father.

*484Relator sought a hearing before the respondent judge in accordance…