STEVENSON v. JENKINS

No. 5-232.

424 So.2d 520 (1982)

Elsworth C. STEVENSON, Jr. v. Roosevelt JENKINS, Sr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Olden C. Toups, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

David Pick, Greenberg & Dallam, Gretna, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHEHARDY, KLIEBERT and CURRAULT, JJ.


CURRAULT, Judge.

This case arises out of the petition for adoption filed by Elsworth C. Stevenson, Jr., applying for the adoption of his minor stepson Roosevelt Jenkins, Jr. This matter was tried before Judge Sol Gothard, Division "A", the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Jefferson, wherein the adoption was granted pursuant to LSA-R.S. 9:422.1(1) and (3). The adoption was granted over the protest of the legitimate father defendant, Roosevelt Jenkins, Sr. The defendant...

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