IN RE E.J.

No. 99-CA-732.

802 So.2d 649 (1999)

In re E.J., Wife of/and J.J., Applying for Intrafamily Adoption of R.M.J.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques A. Massey, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant Delores Antoine.

Panel composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, JAMES L. CANNELLA and MARION F. EDWARDS.


CANNELLA, Judge.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

Delores Antoine, the paternal grandmother of the adopted child, RMJ, appeals from the judgment denying her Motion and Order for Appeal as untimely filed. For the reasons which follow, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

According to the record before us, RMJ is the illegitimate child of Pamela Jefferson, born December 28, 1994. Pamela Jefferson lived with a man named Ricky Gettridge for...

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