STATE EX REL. D.R.P.

No. 38,200-CA.

862 So.2d 1073 (2003)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of D.R.P. a/k/a D.S.L., Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Ducote & Associates, by Richard L. Ducote, Jeannine A. Provencher, New Orleans, for Plaintiffs/Appellants.

Hamilton & Hamilton, by John Clay Hamilton, Oak Grove, for Defendant/Appellee.

Kimberly Lamp, In Proper Person, for Defendant/Appellee.

Joy Rachelle Jackson, for D.R.P.

Before BROWN, PEATROSS, and DREW, JJ.


BROWN, C.J.

Maternal grandparents have appealed from the trial court's dismissal of their latest attempt to obtain custody of their eight-year-old grandson. Their petition was described by the trial court as "... a rather unique perhaps ingenious combination of ... a `Child in Need of Care' proceeding with ... allegations that Louisiana has jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act because of... an emergency." Finding no error, we affirm.

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