IN RE THOMPSON

No. 17580-CAJ.

485 So.2d 154 (1986)

In re Arthur Randolph THOMPSON Applying For Adoption. Arthur Randolph THOMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard Lynn FLETCHER, Respondent-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gamm, Greenberg & Kaplan by Alex Rubenstein, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wallace & Southerland by Spencer Hays, Benton, for respondent-appellee.

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


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

Finding that the opposing father's consent was necessary to an adoption, the juvenile court rejected a stepfather's petition to adopt his stepdaughter. The stepparent appealed the judgment, contending the trial judge erred in concluding that the father's consent was required despite the fact that he had failed to support the child as directed by court order and had not attempted to communicate with the child in over two years.

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