In the Interest of R.D. ex rel. Reine v. I.D.

CLARK, Judge.

This is a proceeding instituted by a juvenile officer to terminate the parental rights of the mother in the male child R.D., born in 1983. The ground asserted as a basis for termination is that found in § 211.447.2(3), RSMo 1986,1 namely, that continuation of the parent-child relationship greatly diminishes the child's prospects for early integration into a stable and permanent home. More specifically, the petition focused on § 211.447.2(3)c. Under this last cited subsection, the court considering termination is instructed to consider the mental condition of the parent which…