Kimberly Landis and Alva Nelson v. Hearthmark, LLC

(Filed Nov. 18, 2013)

It has been said that “ ‘[t]he law does not require parents to be perfeet[.]’” In re: Q.A.H. v. M.H., — S.W.3d -,-, No. WD 75786, 2013 WL 3661746, at *14 (Mo.Ct.App. July 16, 2013) (quoting In re: S.M.H. v. T.H., 160 S.W.3d 355, 372 (Mo.2005)). Accord Breese v. Smith, 501 P.2d 159, 176 (Alaska 1972) (“[W]e do not expect parents to be perfect, recognizing that a certain amount of trial and error is necessary for the development of both the parents and the child[.]”). Nevertheless, this is precisely the expectation that the majority of the Court has imposed upon the parents of…