WALTON v. HUTTON

No. 84 CA 0069.

457 So.2d 1230 (1984)

Lorraine Fiero WALTON and William Elton Walton v. Tina Roberta HUTTON and Robert Warren Hutton.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

October 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Williams, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Lorraine Fiero Walton and William Eaton Walton.

John A. London, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Tina Roberta Hutton and Robert Warren Hutton.

Before GROVER L. COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiffs appealed the judgment of the trial court dismissing their suit for change of custody on defendants' exception of no right of action.

The only issue is whether plaintiffs, the natural parents of a minor child who has been legally adopted by the defendants, have the necessary legal capacity to file a suit for legal custody of the child.

We reverse and remand.

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