IN RE J.M.

No. 01-CA-270.

792 So.2d 186 (2001)

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

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied September 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. McPherson, Mary E. Schillesci, McPherson & Schillesci, New Orleans, LA, Attorneys for Defendant/Appellant.

H. Craig Cabral, Metairie, LA, Attorney for Plaintiffs/Appellees.

Panel composed of Judges EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, Jr., SOL GOTHARD, and CLARENCE E. McMANUS.


GOTHARD, Judge.

This is an appeal by a mother from a judgment of the Juvenile Court for the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, which irrevocably terminated her parental rights to her son, and which granted the intrafamily adoption of her child by her sister and brother-in-law. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Mr. and Mrs. J.M., the sister and brother-in-law of L.M.B., filed a petition on May 2, 2000 in the Juvenile Court for the intrafamily adoption...

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