STATE IN INTEREST OF M.

No. CA-1272.

448 So.2d 1335 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana in Interest of M.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

March 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker & Schonekas, Provino Mosca, New Orleans, for appellant.

Richard Lynn Ducote, Beverly Lawson, New Orleans, for appellant, Dept. of Health and Human Resources.

Quigley & Scheckman, Steven Scheckman, New Orleans, for appellee.

Before GULOTTA, SCHOTT and LOBRANO, JJ.


GULOTTA, Judge.

In this action under LSA-R.S. 13:1601(E)1 to terminate an incarcerated natural father's parental rights, the State, through the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), appeals from a directed verdict in favor of the father.2 We affirm.

The father was convicted of murder in 1976, and sentenced to life imprisonment without...

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