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STATE IN INTEREST OF HODGES

Nos. 84-CA-322, 84-CA-323.

459 So.2d 634 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of the Minor Child, Patrice HODGES.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

November 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., James Weidner, Dorothy Pendergast, Asst. Dist. Attys., 24th Judicial District, Parish of Jefferson, Gretna, Richard J. Brazan, Jr., Richard Ducote, Dept. of Health & Human Resources, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terrance J. Powers, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, BOWES and DUFRESNE, JJ.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) from a judgment of the Juvenile Court of the Parish of Jefferson dismissing, on the parents' motion to dismiss, the DHHR's petition for abandonment, filed pursuant to La.R.S. 9:403 et seq., because the child was then in the custody of the DHHR by virtue of a court order. In granting the motion to dismiss...

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