Legal Opinion
In the Interest of P.C.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 2001No. Nos. WD 60031, WD 60032, WD 60033PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAUL M. SPINDEN, Chief Judge.
D.M. challenges the circuit court’s judgment terminating her rights to parent her three children. She asserts that the state did not establish grounds for terminating her parental rights by clear, cogent and convincing evidence. We agree and reverse the circuit court’s judgment.
Authorities at the Division of Family Services took protective custody of D.M.’s children on February 22, 2000, when her 10-month-old infant, C.M., suffered first and second degree bums on the lower half of her body. D.M. had left the infant in the bathtub to go to her kitchen. Apparently,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re Adoption of W.B.L.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- In the Interest of D.G.N. v. S.M.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1985
- In Interest of MEWSupreme Court of Missouri · 1987
- Herndon v. TuheySupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Pape v. ReitherMissouri Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- In the Interest of C.N.G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2003
- In the Interest of A.A.T.N.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2005
- In the Interest of C.K.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2007
- In the Interest of J.M.N.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2004
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