E.P. v. A.M.

THOMAS H. NEWTON, Judge.

Birth mother E.P. files this appeal from the order of the Jackson County Circuit Court denying her request that she be permitted to withdraw her consent to the termination of her parental rights and the adoption of her daughter Baby Girl P. Because we find that the court erred in requiring that E.P.’s withdrawal be in writing under section 453.030.7,1 we hereby reverse and remand for further proceedings.

E.P. is a thirty-year-old Spanish-speaking woman who decided while she was pregnant with Baby Girl P. to place the child for adoption. Arrangements were made in April…