Juvenile Officer v. T.S.

AHRENS, Judge.

The natural father of T.S., a minor child, appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cape Girardeau County terminating his parental rights to T.S.1 We reverse in part and reverse and remand in part.

Our review of this court-tried proceeding is under the oft-cited standard of

Murphy v. Carron, 536 S.W.2d 30, 32 (Mo. banc 1976). We will affirm the judgment of termination unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, unless it is against the weight of the evidence, or unless the trial court erroneously declared or applied the law. In the Interest of M.H. and N.H., 859…