In RE ADOPTION OF NLBMT v. Lentz

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• holding that Father who failed to file with the putative father registry was not precluded from challenging adoption and termination of parental rights under statutory scheme for adoptions
• “The statutory requirement to prove abandonment ‘for a period of at least sixty days,’ implies abandonment for a continuous period of 60 days ...”
• \There are two general methods of adoption in Missouri: those in which consent to the adoption is required under section 453.030 and those in which consent is not required under section 453.040.\
• “On the face of these statutes, the grounds for an adoption are the ‘welfare of the person sought to be adopted,’ as provided in section 453.030.1, and either proof of ‘written consent’ as provided in section 453.030.2 and .3 or proof that the parent(s

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