CHAMBERS v. PARKER

No. 8229.

349 So.2d 424 (1977)

Anne Walker CHAMBERS v. Wayne P. PARKER, Registrar of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the City of New Orleans.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion On Denial of Rehearing September 8, 1977.

Writ Refused November 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Yeager, Alexandria, for Anne Walker Chambers.

H. M. Westholz, Jr., New Orleans, for Wayne P. Parker.

Franklin V. Endom, Jr. (Polack, Rosenberg, Rittenberg & Endom, New Orleans), for Adoptive Couples Together, Inc. and New Orleans Right to Life Association.

C. Ellis Henican (Henican, James & Cleveland, New Orleans), for Associated Catholic Charities of New Orleans, Inc.

Robert R. Rainold, New Orleans, for Children's Bureau.

Beryle E. Wolfson, New Orleans, for Volunteers of America.

Charles I. Denechaud, Jr., New Orleans, for Charity Social Services of New Orleans d/b/a St. Vincent's Infant and Maternity Home, amici curiae.

Before REDMANN, GULOTTA and BEER, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

This appeal purported to present the constitutional issue, with its awesome social implications, of whether the state by sealing original birth records may impede an adopted person's desire to learn the identity of its biological parents.1 We find that Louisiana has not attempted to do so. We affirm the trial court's judgment allowing the adopted person access to her original birth certificate and the certified copy of...

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