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IN RE MARTIN

No. 11890.

357 So.2d 893 (1978)

In re Mr. and Mrs. Henry MARTIN Applying for Adoption of the minor child, Lance LeBouef.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph D. Hillman, Thibodaux, for plaintiff and appellant.

Michael J. Scurto, Houma, for defendant and appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.

PONDER, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of an application for an interlocutory decree of adoption.

The issue is the necessity of the approval of the natural father of an informally acknowledged illegitimate. The lower court held such consent was necessary. We reverse and remand.

The natural parents, though unmarried, lived together for eighteen years. When Lance LeBouef, the subject of these proceedings...

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