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STATE, IN INTEREST OF JENNIFER W.

No. 85-CK-2175.

485 So.2d 504 (1986)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of JENNIFER W.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Opinion Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part April 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Schambach, Metairie, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John Mamoulides, Dist. Atty., Denis Ganucheau, Kenneth W. Kirchem, Janice L. Kazmier, Samuel Stephens and Lois Bates, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.

WATSON, Justice.

In this dispute over a minor child, the issue is whether the juvenile court may allow intervening parties and receive expert testimony when the Department of Health and Human Resources has custody of the child and a plan for her adoption.

The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) received custody of the minor Jennifer and her sister on November 24, 1984, after the sister was hospitalized for chronic subdural hematomas which proved...

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