State Ex Rel. T.A.B. v. Corrigan

SIMON, Justice.

Relator instituted this original writ proceeding to prohibit respondent from adjudging relator guilty of direct contempt for her refusal to identify the putative father of her illegitimate child at a hearing to terminate her parental rights. This court entered its preliminary writ of prohibition, which is hereby made absolute.

Relator is an unmarried young woman who gave birth to Baby Girl B. in St. Louis County, Missouri, although she resides outside of that county. Shortly after the birth and in order to permit the adoption of Baby Girl B., relator executed a consent to…