S.A.S. v. Juvenile Officer

BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

S.A.S. appeals from a judgment by the trial court adjudicating S.A.S.’s neglect of her daughters, M.D.S. and C.D.S., and committing them, as wards of the court, to the custody of the Department of Family Services. Mother argues that the trial court erred in assuming jurisdiction under § 211.-031.1(l)(b), RSMo Supp.19911, because (1) it improperly exercised its power through defective procedures inherently prejudicial to Mother’s rights; and (2) the juvenile authority failed to show by clear, cogent and convincing evidence that Mother neglected the children or otherwise…