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STATE, IN INTEREST OF M.L.

No. 92-CA-1097.

611 So.2d 658 (1992)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of M.L.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

On Rehearing December 15, 1992.

Writ Denied February 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherry A. Watters, New Orleans, for appellant State of La. Dept. of Social Services.

Deborah Cunningham Foshee, Kathy Manchester Borbas, J.M. White, Gordon, Arata, McCollam & Duplantis, New Orleans, for appellee M.L.

Steven Scheckman, New Orleans, for appellant Kellie Dickinson.

Elizabeth Beauchamp, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for appellee mother.

Mark McTernan, New Orleans, for appellees Uncle and Aunt of the child.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and CIACCIO and WALTZER, JJ.

SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

In this "child in need of care" proceeding the trial court ordered the State of Louisiana through its Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services (hereafter OCS) to retain custody of M.L. and transferred the physical custody of the child from a foster parent to the child's maternal uncle and his wife (hereafter referred to as "the relatives"). OCS and the foster parent have appealed. The principal issue is whether the trial court...

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