In the Interest of Z.R.L.C., GREENE COUNTY JUVENILE OFFICE Missouri Cases

C.R.A.W., the father of Z.L.R.C., appealed the circuit court's judgment terminating his parental rights. The child had been in foster care for a significant portion of his life, and the father was incarcerated for felony convictions, unable to participate in reunification services or support the child. The appellate court affirmed the termination, rejecting the father's arguments that the parental unfitness statute was unconstitutionally vague as applied to incarcerated parents and that the burden of proof was unlawfully shifted. The court also found no abuse of discretion in the determination that termination was in the child's best interest.