Case Name: In the Interest of: A. B., Respondent, COLE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICER, Respondent, Missouri Department Of Social Services, Respondent, v. P.S.Q. (Natural Mother), Appellant, J.J.Q. (Natural Father), Defendant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-03-17
Citations: 964 S.W.2d 879
Docket Number: No. WD 53584
Parties: In the Interest of: A. B., Respondent, COLE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICER, Respondent, Missouri Department Of Social Services, Respondent, v. P.S.Q. (Natural Mother), Appellant, J.J.Q. (Natural Father), Defendant.
Judges: Before HOWARD, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 964
Pages: 879–879

Head Matter:
In the Interest of: A. B., Respondent, COLE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICER, Respondent, Missouri Department Of Social Services, Respondent, v. P.S.Q. (Natural Mother), Appellant, J.J.Q. (Natural Father), Defendant.
No. WD 53584.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
March 17, 1998.
Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied April 28, 1998.
Renee T. Duffield, Roger G. Brown & Associates, Jefferson City, for appellant.
Roya R. Hough, Jefferson City for Department of Social Services.
Mark A. Richardson, Jefferson City, for Cole County Juvenile Officer.
Grant Whitlow Smith, Linn, (for Guardian Ad Litem).
Before HOWARD, P.J., and BRECKENRIDGE and HANNA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
P.S.Q. appeals the termination of her parental rights to her son, A.B., pursuant to § 211.447.2(2) and (3), RSMo 1994. P.S.Q. ("Mother") contends that there was not clear, cogent and convincing evidence that termination was appropriate, and that she was denied due process of law because (1) an adjudication hearing was never conducted as required by § 211.447.2(2); (2) the court took jurisdiction over A.B. through an ex parte order and did not hold a hearing on the matter until approximately two and one-half years later; and (3) the court did not conduct a dispositional hearing within the time period prescribed by § 211.455. This court finds that clear and convincing evidence supports the trial court's order terminating Mother's parental rights and Mother was not denied due process of law.
The judgment of the trial court is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).