L.M. v. K.K.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
MARK D. PFEIFFER, Presiding Judge.
K.K. (“Mother”) appeals the judgment from the Circuit Court of Macon County (“trial court”) terminating her parental rights to her child, H.D.J.K1 (“Child”), and granting L.M.’s petition to adopt Child. We affirm.
Background2
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the judgment, the evidence adduced at trial was that while Mother was still pregnant with Child, she used, thereby exposing Child to, marijuana, Vicodin, alcohol, tobacco, and amphetamines. Mother gave birth to Child on December 27, 2004. Child was immediately placed under the…
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