IN RE KENNEDY

No. 13525.

357 So.2d 905 (1978)

In re KENNEDY, applying for adoption, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

March 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McKeithen, Burns & Lewellyan by Don C. Burns, Columbia, for defendant-appellant.

Carl F. Walker, Monroe, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and JONES, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

Plaintiff petitioned for the adoption of his wife's 15-year-old son by a previous marriage, alleging that the consent of the child's father was unnecessary under LSA-R.S. 9:422.1(3)1 because the legitimate father was a nonresident of this state and failed to support the child for a period of one year after judgment awarding custody to the mother. The legitimate father filed an opposition to the adoption alleging that he was...

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