IN THE INTEREST OF A.D.S.: N.A.W. v. R.L.S., II

In Division IN THE INTEREST OF A.D.S.: ) ) N.A.W., ) ) Respondent, ) No. SD38621 ) vs. ) FILED: April 23, 2025 ) R.L.S., II, ) ) Appellant. ) APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PEMISCOT COUNTY Honorable W. Keith Currie, Judge AFFIRMED R.L.S. (“Father”) appeals the circuit court’s judgment granting the petition of N.A.W. (“Guardian”) to adopt A.D.S. (“Child”) under section 453.040(7).1 Father received service of Guardian’s petition for adoption, filed a pro se answer in which he alleged that he was incarcerated in Arkansas, but ultimately failed to appear at the adoption hearing either remotely…