C.J.(S.)R. v. G.D.S.

C.S.R. (mother) and G.D.S. (father) were married in Jasper County, Missouri. Two children were born of the marriage, a daughter in 1973, and a son born in 1975. The marriage of the parties was dissolved on June 25, 1979, in Barry County, Missouri, where G.D.S. was residing. The mother did not contest the action, and the father obtained judgment by default, including custody of the two children. The father remarried and is now living in Springdale, Arkansas. The mother remarried and lives in Graham, Texas.

On December 22, 1983, after being advised that the children were being abused while in…