WOODS v. COLLINS

No. 9218.

274 So.2d 466 (1973)

Dorothy WOODS v. Loretta Bruce COLLINS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Thompson, Jr., and J. Isaac Funderburk (Thompson & Sellers), Abbeville, for appellant.

Stanley L. Perry, Galliano, for appellee.

Before SARTAIN, BLANCHE and WATSON, JJ.


WATSON, Judge.

This is an appeal by Dorothy Woods from a judgment denying her petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and granting Loretta Bruce Collins a period of six months within which to petition for a final decree of adoption. Dorothy Woods, now wife of Jimmy LeMaire, is the natural mother of the child, Crystal Ann Vincent, whose adoption and custody is in dispute. The child was born June 15, 1962, and is now 10 years old.

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