Juvenile Officer v. S.W.J.

JAMES M. SMART, Judge.

S.W.J. (“Mother”), appeals an order terminating her parental rights with regard to her two children, J.W. and D.T.M., who were ages five and six at the time. The court terminated Mother’s parental rights on September 11, 1998, on the ground of *702abandonment, pursuant to § 211.447.2(1), RSMo Supp.1997.1 Mother contends that the decision to terminate her parental rights was against the weight of the evidence because the Department of Family Services (“DFS”) failed to provide clear, cogent and convincing evidence that Mother had abandoned the children. Further, Mother alleges…