{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.444","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.444","heading":"Termination of parental rights, when.","body":"The juvenile court may, upon petition of the juvenile officer or a child-placing agency licensed under sections 210.481 to 210.536 in conjunction with a placement with such agency under subsection 6 of section 453.010 or a private attorney filing a petition for adoption under the provisions of chapter 453, terminate the rights of a parent or receive the consent to a specific adoption or waiver of consent to adoption executed by a parent or named father to a child, including a child who is a ward of the court, if the court finds that such termination, consent to a specific adoption, or waiver of consent to adoption is in the best interests of the child, and the parent or named father has, in a properly executed writing under section 453.030 or 453.050, consented to the termination of his or her parental rights, consented to a specific adoption, or waived consent to adoption.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 211 - Juvenile Courts"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=211.444","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"e4f09155a4bdf98d87491652b14f30ff94c144404ca524d4989ad650a979aafa","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.443","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-211.447"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}