In Re IMJ

428 S.W.2d 18 (1968)

In the Interest of I. M. J., a minor under the age of seventeen years.

No. 8664.

Springfield Court of Appeals, Missouri.

April 26, 1968.

Jack L. Koehr and Deeba, DeStefano, Sauter & Herd, St. Louis, for appellant.

Ted M. Henson, Jr., Poplar Bluff, for respondents.

HOGAN, Presiding Judge.

This case involves the custody of I.M.J., a little girl seven years old, who was declared a neglected child in November 1963 by the Juvenile Court of Butler County. The court made I. its ward and placed her in custody of her mother's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. T. This proceeding represents the…