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STATE v. JONES

No. 10363.

373 So.2d 1331 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Bernard Gwilym JONES, Applying for Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Barbera, Metairie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Jacob Kansas and Carey R. Varnado, New Orleans, for respondent-appellant.

Before SAMUEL, LEMMON and GARRISON, JJ.

SAMUEL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of adoption granted the husband of the child's legitimate mother over the protest of the legitimate father.

The child's mother was divorced from its father on October 31, 1972. On April 7, 1978, petitioner, the present husband of the mother, filed a petition for a "step-parent adoption" pursuant to R.S. 9:422.1 and based on failure "to support the child for a period of more than one year after Judgment awarding...

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