In Re Adoption of W.B.L.

681 S.W.2d 452 (1984)

In re ADOPTION OF W.B.L.

No. 65912.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 18, 1984.

David G. Neal, Eminence, for petitioners-respondents.

Randy P. Schuller, Piedmont, for respondent-appellee.

DONNELLY, Judge.

This appeal is from the trial court's granting, upon remand by this Court in In re Adoption of W.B.L., 647 S.W.2d 531 (Mo. banc 1983), the adoption of a child on the grounds of abandonment and neglect by the natural mother under § 453.040(4), RSMo 1978. The court of appeals reversed for lack of sufficient evidence to support the judgment. Upon application, this Court…