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IN RE EWB

No. 15830-CAJ.

441 So.2d 478 (1983)

In re EWB Applying For Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

November 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeLaune & Blondeau by A.L. Blondeau, Bossier City, for appellee.

Love, Rigby, Dehan, Love & McDaniel by Joe B. Cordill, Jr., Shreveport, for appellant.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES and FRED W. JONES, Jr., JJ.

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

This is a stepparent adoption proceeding. The petitioner seeks to adopt his wife's daughter by a previous marriage. He alleges the consent of the child's father is unnecessary because of his failure to pay court ordered child support for over a year. The father opposes the adoption. After a hearing the trial judge found the father's consent unnecessary and the adoption was in the best interest of the child. He granted the adoption and ordered...

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