WYATT v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 83-421.

442 So.2d 1369 (1983)

Howard Joseph WYATT, Applying for Adoption, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, and Wayne Earl Webb, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & Burson, M. Terrance Hoychick and H. Kent Aguillard, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Peter C. Piccione, Jr., Lafayette, for defendants-appellees.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This is an adoption proceeding. The petitioner, Howard Joseph Wyatt, is the stepfather of Leslie Kathleen Webb, the eleven year old minor child. The adoption was objected to and opposed by her legitimate father, Wayne Earl Webb. The stepfather devolutively appeals the judgment denying the adoption.

FACTS

Howard Joseph Wyatt, plaintiff-appellant, filed this petition for the adoption of Leslie Kathleen Webb, a minor. Appellant's...

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