Smallen v. Taylor

TOWNSEND, Commissioner.

Statutory action for termination of parental rights, brought by petition of the Juvenile Officer of the Juvenile Court of St. Francois County, filed May 25,1965. From a judgment terminating such rights the parents appeal.

Petitioner’s evidence here pertinent consisted of the sworn testimony of himself and Miss Gibson, child welfare worker in St. Francois County with the Missouri Division of Welfare, and nine exhibits. Each of such exhibits is a report prepared by Miss Gibson addressed to the Juvenile Judge of St. Francois County relating to the situation of the Taylor…