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IN RE KOONCE

No. 12910.

380 So.2d 140 (1979)

In re Wayne Edward KOONCE and Joy Marie Granier Koonce Applying for Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1980.

Writ Refused April 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Raggio, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Wayne Edward Koonce.

Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, for defendant-appellee Joy Marie Granier and Curator Ad Hoc for Johnny James Koonce and Roxanne Joy Koonce.

William O. Templet, Plaquemine, for defendant-appellee Joseph Bentley Anderson.

Before ELLIS, CHIASSON and PONDER, JJ.

CHIASSON, Judge.

Wayne E. Koonce appeals the judgment of the trial court refusing to declare a final decree of adoption an absolute nullity. Mr. Koonce and Joy M. Granier Anderson entered into a marriage on September 12, 1975. A final decree of adoption was signed on June 17, 1976, wherein Mr. Koonce adopted two of Mrs. Anderson's minor children. Subsequently, Mr. Koonce filed a petition for the annulment of the marriage on the grounds that the Alabama divorce between...

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