Juvenile Officer v. A.S.

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

A.S. (Father) appeals the termination of his parental rights to his son, J.M.S. On appeal, A.S. claims that there was not clear, cogent and convincing evidence to terminate his parental rights on the basis of abandonment under § 211.447.4(l)(b), *78RSMo 2000.1 Father also claims that the trial court erred in terminating his parental rights on the basis of abuse and neglect, under § 211.447.4(2), because the juvenile officer did not plead this as a basis for termination in its petition. Because this court finds that there was not clear, cogent, and convincing evidence…