STATE, IN INTEREST OF T.M.

No. 15787-CAJ.

440 So.2d 951 (1983)

STATE In the Interest of T.M. and W.M.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1983.

Writ Denied January 4, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ducote, Staff Atty., Dept. of Health & Human Resources, New Orleans, for appellant.

Blaine Adkins, West Monroe, for appellee.

Before JASPER E. JONES, FRED W. JONES and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources ("DHHR") instituted this proceeding under the pertinent statutory provision to have the two minor children, T.M. and W.M., declared abandoned by their parents. After a hearing attended by the parents and their appointed attorneys, judgment was rendered adjudicating the children abandoned by their father but not with reference to their mother.

DHHR appealed the judgment, contending...

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