Legal Opinion

In re B. J. K.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided September 12, 1978No. 39990PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

Petitioning maternal grandparents appeal from denial of their petition for transfer of custody and adoption. We affirm.

In August, 1977 petitioners filed a two-count petition seeking transfer of custody and adoption of their twin five-year old maternal grandchildren. Incorporated by reference were certified copies of the court's prior orders terminating the parental rights of the children’s father and their mother, petitioners’ daughter, now divorced from the father.

In July, 1977 the court had found the father and mother had wilfully neglected the twins for one year,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Adoption of K. B. I. D. v. v. M. G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1967
  2. In Re NeuscheMissouri Court of Appeals · 1965
  3. In Re D____Missouri Court of Appeals · 1966
  4. In re K. W. S.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1963
  5. In re of Brooks v. Division of Children's Services of the Department of Welfare of St. LouisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1967

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. In re B.M.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1996
  2. Fastnacht v. FastnachtMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Drew v. LittlerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Matter of WilliamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1984
  5. In re M. D. H.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980

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