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CONGLETON v. HOLY CROSS CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY

No. 90-4314.

919 F.2d 1077 (1990)

Lori CONGLETON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOLY CROSS CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory L. Landry, Acadiana Legal Service Corp., Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John M. Frazier, Peatross, Greer & Frazier, Shreveport, La., for Holy Cross.

Frank W. Dawkins, Lafayette, La., for Adoptive Couple.

Before WISDOM, GEE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Lori Congleton, a Missouri resident and the birth mother of an infant boy placed for adoption by Holy Cross Child Placement Agency, a Louisiana Corporation, brought this diversity action in federal district court seeking a judgment declaring invalid a contract purportedly surrendering her parental rights. The district court dismissed the action without prejudice, relying on the so-called "domestic relations" exception to federal...

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