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IN RE ADOPTION OF JARREAU

No. 12584.

373 So.2d 1352 (1979)

In re Tycus Frederick Alsup and Betty Lou Brunt Alsup Applying for ADOPTION OF James Brunt JARREAU.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie D. Ligon, Jr., Clinton, for petitioners-appellees.

D. Bert Garraway, Baton Rouge, for Jesse J. Jarreau, opposition-appellant.

Before CHIASSON, EDWARDS and SARTAIN, JJ.

EDWARDS, Judge.

This is an adoption proceeding in which a stepfather seeks to adopt a minor child of his wife. The central issue presented on appeal is whether the legitimate father refused or failed to comply with a court order of support for a period of one year within the intent of La.R.S. 9:422.1, thereby making his consent to the adoption unnecessary. The Juvenile Court of the Parish of East Feliciana held that the consent of the legitimate father was unnecessary...

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