Dustin Mueller and Brittany Mueller Missouri Cases

Kelsey Tacchi appealed the denial of her Petition for Habeas Corpus, which sought the return of her son from Dustin and Brittany Mueller, who had temporary custody through an adoption agency. The Muellers had filed a petition to adopt the child in a collateral proceeding, where temporary custody was granted to them. The appellate court dismissed Tacchi's appeal as moot, finding that subsequent temporary custody orders in the collateral adoption proceeding rendered any decision on the habeas corpus petition without practical effect. The court also declined to apply any exceptions to the mootness doctrine.