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IN INTEREST OF GENUSA

No. 65987.

381 So.2d 504 (1980)

In the Interest of Joseph GENUSA a/k/a Joseph DeMarco.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 3, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley N. Gater, Supervising Atty., New Orleans, Tulane Juvenile Law Clinic, Zoe Smith Wong, Student Practitioner.

Jerome A. Friedman, Metairie, for Dept. of Health and Human Resources.

James W. Blackman, Marreno, New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., for parents of Joseph Genusa.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Melvin Zeno, Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-respondent.

Ann Clark Lazzara, Gretna, Richard L. Ducote, Gretna, amicus curiae for Jefferson Parish Foster Parent Assoc.

DIXON, Justice.*

Joseph Genusa was taken from his parents on October 5, 1979 by order of the Juvenile Court of the Parish of Jefferson. At that time Joseph was eighteen months old. The court ordered that he be placed in the custody of the office of Human Development of the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources, acting under R.S. 14:403 (relative to neglected children) and Code of Juvenile Procedure article 25 (relative to...

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