STATE, IN INTEREST OF SKINNER

No. 13220.

342 So.2d 1129 (1977)

STATE of Louisiana, in Interest of Jeffery SKINNER.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Allen Walsh, Baton Rouge, for James E. Skinner.

Kolb & Rooks, Rhett R. Ryland, Baton Rouge, for Mr. and Mrs. Luther Frith.

Before BOLIN, PRICE and JONES, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

A routine screening of the appeals lodged in this court revealed that we probably lacked jurisdiction in this case because the appeal was not perfected by the timely filing of the appeal bond. (Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2088). Appellant was given ten days notice to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed.

The natural father petitioned to obtain custody of his child from the child's grandparents. A judgment rejecting...

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