ADOPTION OF LATIOLAIS

No. 66078.

384 So.2d 377 (1980)

ADOPTION of Rachel Marie LATIOLAIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Putnam, Jr., Abbeville, for defendant-respondent, Glenn Latiolais.

James M. Cunningham, III, Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Crowley, for plaintiff-applicant, Kenneth James Guidry.


BLANCHE, Justice.*

Kenneth James Guidry seeks to adopt Rachel Marie Latiolais, the child of his wife by her first marriage. Sherald Glenn Latiolais, the child's father, has opposed the adoption. The trial court granted the adoption, ruling that since Mr. Latiolais had not paid court-ordered child support for a period in excess of one year, the necessity for his consent was obviated, and considering applicant's fitness as an adoptive parent...

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