Legal Opinion
In Re Adoption of W.B.L.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 18, 1984No. 65912PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONNELLY, Judge.
This appeal is from the trial court’s granting, upon remand by this Court in In re Adoption of W.B.L., 647 S.W.2d 531 (Mo. banc 1983), the adoption of a child on the grounds of abandonment and neglect by .the natural mother under § 453.040(4), RSMo 1978. The court of appeals reversed for lack of sufficient evidence to support the judgment. Upon application, this Court granted transfer. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.
*454On October 19, 1979, respondents, the father and stepmother of the child, filed their petition for adoption. Section 453.-040(4), RSMo 1978, provides for…
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