IN RE ELLIOTT

No. 93-750.

630 So.2d 281 (1993)

In re Harris Alvin ELLIOTT, Sr. Applying for Adoption of Katherine Leanne Leggett.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn Margaret Oubre, Lake Charles, for Kathy Ann Leggett and Harris A. Elliott, Sr.

James Leroy Leggett, pro se.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and WOODARD, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

This appeal concerns the adoption of a stepchild by a stepparent pursuant to La. Ch.C. Art. 1245 (formerly La.R.S. 9:422.1). The natural father appeals the trial court's decision to grant the petition for adoption.

James Leroy Leggett (James) and Kathy Ann Thornbury (Kathy) were married on August 22, 1980 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. On February 13, 1981, they had a child who will be referred to...

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