Juvenile Officer v. D.L.D.

MANFORD, Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment terminating parental rights pursuant to § 211.447, RSMo Supp.1985.1 The judgment is affirmed.

These proceedings commenced by the simultaneous filing of three petitions for termination of parental rights. Each petition sought termination against the natural father separately on the basis of abandonment. In addition, each petition sought termination against the natural father and the natural mother on the basis of neglect.2

The petitions alleged that the natural parents had neglected said children, for a period in excess of six months prior…