Legal Opinion
J.B.M. v. S.L.M.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided September 6, 2001No. 24175PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PREWITT, Judge.
J.B.M. (“Appellant”) filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Wayne County to set aside an adoption decree entered October 28, 1994 which made J.B.M. the adoptive father of J.D.B., a minor born on May 1, 1988. J.D.B. is the natural born child of S.L.M. (“Respondent”).
The facts, as presented in the parties’ briefs, are as follows:
J.D.B. was born May 1, 1988. His mother, S.L.M., does not know who the biological father of J.D.B. is. S.L.M. married J.B.M. in June, 1991. J.B.M. and S.L.M. signed an adoption petition on March 18, 1993, requesting that J.B.M. adopt J.D.B. The petition…
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