ROSS v. MILES

No. 82-CA-166.

430 So.2d 763 (1983)

Walter Leroy ROSS Applying for Adoption of Timothy Wade Miles v. Sidney Curtis MILES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen J. Bordelon, Jr., Gretna, for Sidney Curtis Miles defendant-appellant.

Peter J. Castano, Castano & Greenbaum, New Orleans, for Walter Leroy Ross plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, CHEHARDY and GRISBAUM, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Sidney C. Miles, natural father of Timothy Miles, appeals the trial court's granting of the adoption of his minor son to Walter Ross, present husband of the child's mother. The trial court granted the adoption under the authority of R.S. 9:422.1(2), holding the consent of the father to be unnecessary. We reverse, concluding that sufficient support was furnished to render that statute inapplicable.

A judgment of divorce was granted between appellant...

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