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BLACKWOOD v. YOUNT

No. 13341.

350 So.2d 977 (1977)

In re Charles Roger BLACKWOOD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John Martin YOUNT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilkinson, Carmody & Peatross by Charles B. Peatross, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Roos & Roos by Armand L. Roos and Armand W. Roos, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Before PRICE, MARVIN and JONES, JJ.

MARVIN, Judge.

In an adoption proceeding, the legitimate father opposed his child's adoption by the child's stepfather. The stepfather appeals the dismissal of his petition, contending that the consent of the legitimate father is not necessary under R.S. 9:422.1(3)1 because the father is a nonresident and has failed to support the child for more than one year after a Tennessee judgment awarded custody to the child's mother.

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