Juvenile Officer v. R.C.M.

SMART, Judge.

Appellant R.M. is the mother of five children who are the subject of this proceeding. In early October, 1991, R.M. traveled from San Bernardino, California, to Johnson County, Missouri with her boyfriend and her five children. The children ranged in age at that time from ten months to six years. Several days after arrival in the State of Missouri, the Division of Family Services took the children into emergency protective custody. The juvenile division ordered the children into the custody of the Division of Family Services on the basis of the threat of immediate harm to the…