In the Interest of M.A. v. J.A.

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Juvenile Court of St. Louis County adopting the findings and recommendations of Commissioner Walton Lemay that the Juvenile, M.A., was in need of care and treatment under RSMo section 211.031.1(1) (1986).

M.A. was born January 23, 1975, and is the youngest of four children. In November of 1987 he was attending religion classes on Wednesday nights at Crestview Junior High. Due to his misbehavior in class, the class teacher expelled M.A. To discipline M.A., his father took M.A. into the basement of their home and ordered…