E.K.L. v. A.L.B.

- A.L.B. appeals from the circuit court’s judgment terminating his parental rights to his daughter, K.R.B., without his consent, and granting E.KL.’s and KE.L.’s petition to adopt K.R.B. The circuit court found, pursuant to section 453.040(7), RSMo 2000, that A.L.B. willfully abandoned and willfully neglected his daughter. A.L.B. contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence that he willfully abandoned or willfully neglected this daughter. We affirm the circuit court’s judgment.

“Consent of the natural parents or involuntary termination of…