DAVIS v. STATE IN INTEREST OF HOTCHKISS

No. 83-CA-309.

433 So.2d 880 (1983)

Rose Ann Cook DAVIS v. STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of Leonard HOTCHKISS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Brazan, Jr., Baton Rouge, for State of Louisiana, Department of Health & Human Resources, defendant-appellee.

Robert E. Ahrens, Sherry & Villarrubia, Metairie, for Rose Ann Cook Davis, plaintiff-appellant.

Don Gardner, Middleberg, Riddle & Person, Metairie, for Otto Duane Hotchkiss, defendant-appellee.

Before BOUTALL, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.


BOUTALL, Judge.

Appellant, the natural mother of the minor, Leonard Duane Hotchkiss, appeals from a judgment declaring her to have abandoned her child under La.R.S. 9:403. We affirm on a finding that all the statutory formalities for affording appellant notice were strictly adhered to, and that the State carried its burden of proof in this case.

FACTS

In 1976 the appellant, Rose Ann Cook Hotchkiss Cadiere Davis (hereinafter Rose Davis), left her...

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