STATE EX REL. M.J.G.

No. 01-1271.

815 So.2d 955 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of M.J.G., T.M.G., and J.P.G.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen C. Yarbrough, Louisiana Department of Social Services, Baton Rouge, LA, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee State of Louisiana.

Thailund P. Green, Attorney At Law, Jeanerette, LA, Counsel for Children/Appellees Juveniles M.J.G., T.M.G., and J.P.G.

Lucretia P. Burton, Attorney At Law, New Iberia, LA, Counsel for Father/Appellee J. M.—Father of M.J.G.

Margaret Daniels Simon, Simmons, Pitman & LeGros, New Iberia, LA, Counsel for Mother/Appellant J. G.—Mother.

M. Craig Colwart, Attorney At Law, New Iberia, LA, Counsel for Father/Appellant M. L.—Father of T.M.G. and J.P.G.

Court composed of Chief Judge NED E. DOUCET, JR., HENRY L. YELVERTON, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


YELVERTON, J.

This matter involves the termination of parental rights. The State of Louisiana filed a petition for termination of parental rights and certification for adoption against J.G., the mother of M.J.G., T.M.G., and J.P.G., as well as against M.L., the father of T.M.G., and J.P.G. The father of M.J.G. voluntarily surrendered his parental rights to his child and is no longer involved in this litigation. The trial court granted judgment in favor of the State...

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