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IN INTEREST OF D.G.C.

No. 96-C-1093.

690 So.2d 237 (1997)

In the Interest of D.G.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen R. Buxton, Student Attorney, George Chaney, Jr., Supervising Attorney, Tulane Juvenile Law Clinic, New Orleans, for Relator/Defendant D.W.

Geri Fontana-Flaum, New Orleans, for Respondent/Petitioner C.G.

Gevin P. Grisbaum, Student Practitioner, Catherine L. LaFleur, Supervising Attorney, Loyola Law School Clinic, New Orleans, for Defendant T.C.

Emile J. Dreuil, Jr., New Orleans, for Minor child D.G.C.

Sherry Watters, State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, New Orleans, for Amicus Curiae.

Before LOBRANO, LANDRIEU and MURRAY, JJ.

MURRAY, Judge.

We granted this writ application to review the Juvenile Court's judgment permitting a minor child's caretaker to petition for termination of parental rights. Upon consideration of the facts presented here as well as the context and legislative history of the applicable statute, we vacate the judgment below and remand for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.

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