Legal Opinion

In the Interest of D.C.S.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 18, 2003No. WD 61838PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Presiding Judge.

A.P.S., mother, appeals the termination of her parental rights regarding her four children, D.C.S, D.E.S, Jr., M.J.S., and Z.N.S. In the proceedings below, the parental rights of the putative fathers (D.E.S, D.E.S., Sr., R.M.C., and John Doe) of the children were also terminated, but those terminations have not been appealed.

Grounds were found to terminate Mother’s parental rights to Z.N.S. under section 211.447.2(1), RSMo, 2000,1 as the child had been in foster care for fifteen of the previous twenty-two months. With regard to all of the children, grounds…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
  2. In Re Adoption of W.B.L.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  3. Juvenile Officer v. R.L.O.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Juvenile Officer v. A.B.S.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
  5. In the Interest of C.M.M.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1988

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Missouri Division of Family Services v. A.R.H.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. In the Interest of C.N.G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. In Re CNGMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  4. In Re DCSMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. In Re MDRSupreme Court of Missouri · 2004

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