STATE IN INTEREST OF PRESTRIDGE

No. 12753.

323 So.2d 868 (1975)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of Rusty Wayne PRESTRIDGE and Dusty Elaine Prestridge.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Phillips, Bossier, for defendant-appellant.

Harvey P. Delaune, Asst. Dist. Atty., Bossier City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bernard Boddie, Bossier City, for Minor Children.

Before PRICE, MARVIN, and GLADNEY, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

A City Court sitting as a Juvenile Court on the petition of the State, declared one-and-a-half year-old twins to be neglected children under R.S. 14:403, and awarded custody to the State Division of Family Services. The mother appeals from this judgment. We reverse.

R.S. 14:403 contemplates that the State shall conduct an investigation into cases of child abuse or neglect and furnish a written report of the investigation to the District Attorney...

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