In re T.C.M.

I concur with the majority that the trial court had jurisdiction over the subject matter but I respectfully dissent from the second point of the majority’s opinion for I feel that the record reflects sufficient evidence for the trial court to find clearly and convincingly that “M” wilfully abandoned the children. I would affirm the trial court’s decision.

This court opined by Judge Gunn in the Matter of Adoption of Shelly _, 625 S.W.2d 183, 184 (Mo.App.1981) that, “Our review of these court-tried proceedings is bound by the fundamental precepts that we are to affirm the judgment unless there…