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ALLEN v. VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA

No. 13980.

378 So.2d 1030 (1979)

Wanda Lynn ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.

Writ Refused March 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Franklin, Jr. and Donald C. Brown, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Roy L. Beard and Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & Lesage, by Henry A. Politz, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, MARVIN and BIGBY, JJ.

En Banc. Rehearing Denied January 9, 1980.

MARVIN, Judge.

In this habeas corpus action, the plaintiff mother of an illegitimate child appeals a judgment rejecting her demands to set aside a formal act of surrender of the infant to the defendant adoption agency 7½ months before the action was filed on the grounds that her consent was obtained by threats and duress. La.C.C. Arts. 1797-1819, 1850-1853, 1859. We affirm. Golz v. Children's Bureau of New...

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