In Re Perkins v. Brownlee

This is an appeal by the natural father from the decree of the Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis sustaining the respondents' petition for permission to adopt his minor son.

With the father not consenting to the adoption but instead opposing it with all the force at his command, the chief issue at the hearing below was whether he had neglected to provide proper care and maintenance for his child for the two years last preceding the date of the filing of the petition. Under the statute (Sec. 14074, Revised Statutes of Missouri, 1929 [Mo. Stat. Ann., sec. 14074, p.…