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IN INTEREST OF H.A.N.

No. 87-CA-834.

528 So.2d 1079 (1988)

In the Interest of H.A.N.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence F. Favret, III, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

James Sacher, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before CHEHARDY, C.J., and GAUDIN and WICKER, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

Richard K. Newton, the natural father of 11-year-old Heather Newton, objected unsuccessfully to Heather's adoption by Robert W. Faison, who is now married to Heather's mother, Ann, Newton's former wife. We affirm the judgment allowing the adoption.

The adoption was ordered because Newton failed to pay child support for more than one year; see LSA-R.S. 9:422.1. Failure to pay must have been without just cause.

Newton's alleged good cause...

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