IN RE G.E.T.

No. CA 88 1083.

529 So.2d 524 (1988)

In re Mr. and Mrs. G.E.T., Applying for Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

July 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sondra A. Cheek, Bogalusa, for George Earl Thomas and Estelle Morgan Thomas, plaintiffs—appellants.

Mark Alan Jolissaint, Slidell, for Richard Gaudet, defendant—appellee.

Before WATKINS, CARTER and LeBLANC, JJ.


LeBLANC, Judge.

The issue presented in this adoption proceeding is whether plaintiffs, Mr. and Mrs. GET, sustained their burden of proving it was in the best interest of the child they sought to adopt to permit the adoption.1 The trial court concluded they did not do so and dismissed their petition for adoption. Plaintiffs now appeal this judgment.

EJG, the child sought to be adopted, was born on March 1, 1985, of the legal union...

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