MYERS v. MYRICK

No. 34,970-JAC.

787 So.2d 546 (2001)

Margaret Anna MYERS Applying for Adoption of J.L. Myers, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barbara MYRICK, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Northwest Louisiana Legal Services by Mary Ellen Halterman, Shreveport, LA, Counsel for Appellant.

John Milkovich, Shreveport, LA, Counsel for Appellee.

NORRIS, STEWART & DREW, JJ.


DREW, J.

Natural mother appeals judgment granting stepmother's petition for intrafamily adoption. She correctly argues that the trial court used an incorrect standard under La. Ch. C. art. 1245(D)(2) and that there was never a period of two years when she did not have contact with her son. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment.

FACTS

The father and mother were married in 1987. The couple produced one child, a son named "JM" who was born in...

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