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GRIFFITH v. ROY

No. 52241.

269 So.2d 217 (1972)

263 La. 712

Eileen Reed GRIFFITH v. Joseph Folse ROY, Sr. J. Folse ROY v. Eileen REED, wife of Joseph Folse Roy, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed, Reed & Reed, Floyd J. Reed, New Orleans, for plaintiff-applicant.

Sydney J. Parlongue, Philip R. Riegel, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-respondent.

BARHAM, Justice.

We are required to determine whether a district court or a juvenile court has jurisdiction to adjudicate the status and custody of two children under seven years of age when a neglect complaint is made by a grandparent and there has been no prior judicial determination of custody between the divorced parents.

These very young children are the issue of a marriage between Eileen Reed and Joseph Folse Roy, Jr. The mother instituted a separation...

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