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- Title: Matter K.M.B. and R.M.B. v. J.A.(B.)H
- Author : Missouri Court of Appeals St. Louis District
- Release Date : January 02, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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Appellant J.A.(B.)H. is the natural mother of K.M.B. and R.M.B., minors. The trial court, after a contested hearing, entered a decree of adoption of K.M.B. and R.M.B. by D.L.B., the natural father and by S.E.B., their stepmother and present wife of D.L.B. J.A.(B.)H. appeals. We reverse. J.A.(B.)H. and D.L.B. were divorced in 1965 and the custody of the children was placed in D.L.B. In 1970, he married S.E.B. and the children continued to reside with D.L.B. and S.E.B. In July, 1974, D.L.B. and S.E.B. filed their ""Petition for transfer of Custody and Adoption"" of the children. The petition did not allege consent by the natural mother as required by Sec. 453.030 R.S.Mo. 1969, or exceptions (1), (2) or (3) of Sec. 453.040, R.S.Mo. 1969. Paragraph 6 of the petition, in an apparent attempt to invoke exception (4) 1 of that section alleged: