IN RE H.

No. 15495-CAJ.

437 So.2d 895 (1983)

In re H. Applying for Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Franklin, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons by Frank H. Thaxton, III, Shreveport, for intervenor-appellee.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is a stepparent adoption proceeding. The petitioner seeks to adopt her husband's two children by a prior marriage. The adoptions are opposed by the mother of the children. At the trial of this matter, upon the close of the petitioner's evidence, the juvenile court judge granted a "motion for directed verdict," dismissed this proceeding and denied the adoptions. The petitioner appeals. We affirm.

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