K. E. S. v. K. E. S.

KELLY, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis granting petitioners’ prayer for the adoption of two minor children, K.E.S., Jr., nine years of age, and K.J.S., six years of age. Appellant is the natural father of the children and respondents are the natural mother of the children and her husband whom she married sometime after divorcing appellant.

Appellant would not consent to the adoption and respondents’ petition for adoption alleged, among other things, that appellant had, for a period in excess of one year…