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IN RE STANFORD

No. 12616.

313 So.2d 849 (1975)

In re Stephen Scott STANFORD. Joe Donald PROCELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kenneth Donald STANFORD, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 1, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethard & Davis by J. Q. Davis, Coushatta, for petitioner-appellant.

Love, Rigby, Dehan & Love by Truly W. McDaniel, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and DENNIS, JJ.

BOLIN, Judge.

Petitioner, Joe Donald Procell, seeks to adopt his stepson, Stephen Scott Stanford, who is the child of petitioner's wife by her previous marriage to Kenneth Donald Stanford, who opposes the adoption. From an adverse judgment petitioner appeals and we affirm the judgment of the lower court.

The only issue is whether the consent of the father to the adoption of his son is unnecessary under Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:422.1, the pertinent part...

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