IN RE A.J.F.

No. 2000-CJ-0948.

764 So.2d 47 (2000)

In re A.J.F. Applying for Private Adoption.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 30, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edith Henderson Morris, Deborah Margaret Henson, Wolff & Morris, New Orleans; David Jude Maraldo, Noel E. Vargas, II, Metairie, Counsel for Respondent.

Catherine Louise LaFleur, New Orleans, Terri McDonough Miles, Metairie, Counsel for Applicant.


KNOLL, J.*

This case concerns the opposition of a biological father to the private adoption of his newborn child. The issue of notice invokes a due process question with regard to the father's opposition to the adoption, the resolution of which highlights the tension between the notice provisions of the Louisiana Children's Code and the Legislature's desire for prompt adoptions so that adopted children might have a permanent and stable...

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