§9.3 Filing the Petition

LibraryJuvenile Law Deskbook (2021 Supp.)

A. (§9.3) Filing the Petition

In 2016, the Southern District of the Court of Appeals reversed a judgment terminating a mother’s parental rights, holding that Missouri’s statutes do not allow a private cause of action in which one parent can seek to terminate the rights of another parent, where the termination is not sought in an adoption case. A.J.S. ex rel. J.L.S. v. C.R., 492 S.W.3d 674 (Mo. App. S.D. 2016). In 2018, the legislature created a private cause of action for termination of parental rights...

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