In the Interest of E.L.B.

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge

I

E.L.B. is a minor child. In December 2001, his mother’s parental rights in him were terminated pursuant to section 211.447, RSMO 2000.1 E.L.B.’s mother (“Mother”) appeals.2 Mother alleges that the evidence was insufficient to support the court’s findings with respect to sections 211.447.4(1), (2), (3) and (6), and that section 211.447.2(1) violates the guarantees of substantive due process by creating a presumption of unfitness. Because the validity of a Missouri statute is in question, the Court of Appeals, Eastern District, transferred the case prior to…