State Ex Rel. T.W. v. Ohmer

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge,

concurring.

Missouri statutes 211.447.8 and 453.040(8), RSMo 2000, provide that actions for termination of parental rights and adoption may be combined in one proceeding. Should a party appeal a judgment terminating parental rights, the judgment of adoption should be stayed pending the outcome of the appeal. See Rule 120.01(b).

Although I do not agree with the majority in its decision to reverse and remand the trial court’s judgment terminating parental rights in In the Interest of K.A.W., K.A.W., No. SC85683, 2004 WL 616342, 133 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. banc Mar.30, 2004),…