LEGER v. COCCARO

No. 98-202.

714 So.2d 770 (1998)

In re Ron Christopher LEGER, Applying for Intrafamily Adoption of Robert Michael Coccaro, II, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Michael COCCARO, Sr. Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Steven DeJean, Eunice, for Christopher Leger et ux.

Michael Phillip Maloney, Lafayette, for Robert Michael Coccaro.

Jackie Harrell, for Lafayette Region Office of Community Services.

Before THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and DECUIR, JJ.


DECUIR, Judge.

Robert Michael Coccaro, Sr. appeals a judgment of the trial court granting an intrafamily adoption of his minor son to Ron Christopher Leger. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

FACTS

Robert Michael Coccaro, Sr.(hereinafter Coccaro) and Cynthia Darst Leger were married in Louisiana in July 1991. Robert Michael Coccaro, II (hereinafter Michael) was born on November 11, 1991. A petition for divorce was filed on December 10, 1992...

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