In the Interest of I. M. J.

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

This case involves the custody of I.M.J., a little girl seven years old, who was declared a neglected child in November 1963 by the Juvenile Court of Butler County. The court made I. its ward and placed her in custody of her mother’s aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. T. This proceeding represents the second attempt by F., the child’s mother, to regain custody. F. has appealed from an adverse ruling, as provided by § 211.261, RSMo (1959), V.A.M.S.

I. was born December 1, 1960, in St. Louis, where the appellant, then unmarried, was employed. The appellant kept her child there…