S.M. v. E.M.B.R.
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.
E.M.B.R. (Mother) appeals a judgment terminating her parental rights to her son, C.M.B.R. (Child), and granting M.M. and S.M.’s petition to adopt Child because the trial court found she willfully abandoned *801him. The failure to investigate and file reports prior to the trial on the petition as mandated by sections 211.455, 453.070.1 and 453.077.1 is plain error and requires reversal of the judgment of termination of Mother’s parental rights and the grant of adoption.1 The cause is remanded and, on remand, the court shall order compliance with the reporting…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Murphy v. CarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
- Flores-Figueroa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- J.C.W. Ex Rel. Webb v. WyciskallaSupreme Court of Missouri · 2009
- State v. TokarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1996
- In the Interest of K.A.W.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2004
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