MORELAND v. CRAFT

No. 3292.

244 So.2d 37 (1971)

Mrs. Mattie Wilson MORELAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Milford Lewis CRAFT and Alpha Clark Craft, Applying for Adoption, Defendants and Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1971.

Writ Refused April 14, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Halcomb, Ferriday, for plaintiffappellant.

Lloyd F. Love, Ferriday, for defendantsappellees.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

Milford Lewis Craft and his wife, Alpha Clark Craft, seek a final decree of adoption of the child, David Earl Ferobin. The application is opposed by Mattie Wilson Moreland, the natural mother of the child. From an adverse judgment, the natural mother has appealed.

The substantial issue is whether the interlocutory decree of adoption was void for lack of continuing consent of the natural mother.

The facts show that the natural mother...

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