IN RE WB

No. 2003 CJ 0717.

845 So.2d 1273 (2003)

In re WB & CB Applying for the Adoption of AKA

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Theriot, Baton Rouge, for Appellants, WB & CB.

E. Buddy Thompson, Baton Rouge, for AA.

Stephen Dixon, Baton Rouge, for the minor, AKA.

KO, Gonzales, In proper person.

Before: WHIPPLE, KUHN and GAIDRY, JJ.


GAIDRY, J.

WB and CB sought to adopt AKA, a male child born in November 2000 to AA. AA executed an act of surrender, but the child's alleged biological father, KO, opposed the adoption. After a hearing, the trial court maintained KO's opposition and dissolved AA's surrender.1 WB and CB (appellants) appeal.

At the beginning of the hearing, counsel for appellants orally requested that the court order blood tests to prove KO's paternity...

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