W.A.F. v. Dent County Juvenile Office

JOHN E. PARRISH, Judge.

W.A.F. (father) appeals a judgment terminating his parental rights to J.F. and T.F. The only issue raised in the appeal is whether the trial court erred in conducting the hearing without father being present.

On April 12, 2002, the juvenile officer for the Circuit Court of Dent County, Missouri, filed a petition to terminate parental rights of the parents of J.F. and T.F. The petition asserted as grounds for termination of parental rights that the children had been in foster care for at least 15 of the most recent 22 months; that the children had been under the…