STATE IN INTEREST OF SYLVESTER

No. 87-306.

525 So.2d 604 (1988)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of Tonya Lynn SYLVESTER and Michael Anthony Sylvester, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

May 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl Taylor, Opelousas, Ellis Daigle, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellee.

Anne Hughes, Port Allen, for defendant-appellant.

Before DOMENGEAUX and GUIDRY, JJ., and REGGIE, J. Pro Tem.


EDMUND M. REGGIE, Judge Pro Tem.

This appeal presents two main issues: first, an evidentiary matter, whether the trial court erred in allowing a state family caseworker to testify when she had not had contact with the family in over two years; secondly, whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow the children to return to the custody of the mother.

FACTS

Theresa and Ronnie Sylvester were married...

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