IN RE WHITTEN

No. 7868.

391 So.2d 44 (1980)

In re James Richard WHITTEN and Judith Elaine Whitten, Applying for Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland V. McKneely, Jr., Bossier City, for defendant-appellant.

Robert L. Salim of Kelly, Ware & Salim, Natchitoches, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, GUIDRY and STOKER, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

Brandi Lynne Newman was born November 11, 1978. Her mother, Lynne McCommon Newman, was killed by Brandi Lynne's father, Glen Dale Newman, on April 2, 1979. The father was subsequently convicted of manslaughter for the death of his wife and was sentenced to twenty-one years at hard labor. He is presently confined in the state penitentiary at Angola.

On April 5, 1979, the Bossier City Court granted custody of Brandi Lynne to her uncle, James...

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