R.W.S. v. Greene County Juvenile Office

BARNEY, Chief Judge.

R.W.S. (“Appellant”), the natural mother of S.T.W., a minor born December 6, 1990, appeals from the juvenile court’s judgment terminating her rights as a parent to S.T.W. Appellant raises one point of juvenile court error and maintains that the judgment terminating her parental rights should be set aside. Appellant *518states she was denied effective assistance of counsel because her trial counsel failed to object to the receipt of hearsay evidence which she asserts was used to prove the juvenile officer’s allegations.1

In Missouri, recognition has been accorded to a parent’s…