{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"jjjf","displayName":"J.J.J.F.","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85942:2023-12-05","opinionId":"0e86d0d4-1049-5e12-95a2-e022be4d6849","slug":"in-re-jaf-juvenile-juvenile-officer-and-department-of-social-services-chi-d85942","caseName":"In Re: J.A.F., Juvenile; Juvenile Officer and Department of Social Services, Children's Division\nvs.\nJ.J.J.F.","caseNumber":"WD85942","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2023-12-05","year":2023,"display_summary":"J.J.J.F., the father of J.A.F., appealed a circuit court judgment that maintained J.A.F.'s placement with a non-relative foster family and continued the permanency plan of reunification with the mother. Father argued the judgment modified placement, triggering a right to interlocutory appeal under § 211.261.2(2). The appellate court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the statute only permits appeals from orders that change or modify a child's placement, not those that merely maintain the existing placement. The court also noted that permanency hearing orders under § 210.720 are generally not appealable.","primaryTopic":"appellate-procedure","topicSlugs":["appellate-procedure","child-custody","family-law"],"outcomeNorm":"dismissed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=203233","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/in-re-jaf-juvenile-juvenile-officer-and-department-of-social-services-chi-d85942","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"family","label":"Family Law","href":"/practice-areas/family","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: family-law","topic: family-law","topic: child-custody"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/family"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: appellate-procedure"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}