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- Title: Matter E.C.N. v. E.M.N
- Author : Missouri Court of Appeals St. Louis District
- Release Date : January 23, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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This is an appeal from decree of adoption by which the parental rights of the divorced natural mother were terminated in a
proceeding brought by the natural father and his present wife, stepmother of the adoptive children. The trial court granted
adoption of seven children whose ages at that time ranged from seven to sixteen years, and though the case was instituted
by a single petition and tried as one case, the court entered separate decrees of adoption for each child. We deem these decrees
combined for purpose of this appeal. From the action of the trial court E.M.N., natural mother, brings this appeal. Except under special circumstances enumerated by statute, consent of the natural mother is required for adoption of children
under twenty-one years of age, § 453.030(3), RSMo. 1969. 1 E.M.N. (now married to H.W.) did not consent to the
adoption but instead filed her motions in opposition to that proceeding. By her combined "Motion to Intervene and Motion in
Opposition of Petition for Adoption" and by her undisputed testimony on this fact, appellant refused her consent. According
to her testimony, she would not consent to the adoption because she loved the children.