IN RE MORRIS

No. 39,523-JAC.

892 So.2d 739 (2005)

In re Shad Adam MORRIS Applying for Intrafamily Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

January 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie C. Jones, for Plaintiff Appellant Shad Adam Morris.

Robert E. Bethard, Coushatta, for Plaintiff Appellee Danny Wayne Goodwin, Jr.

McKeithen Law Office by Anita D. McKeithen, Shreveport, for Defendant Appellee Danny Wayne Goodwin, Sr.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and LOLLEY, JJ.


STEWART, J.

This is an appeal by a stepfather from a judgment denying his petition for an intrafamily adoption. Upon finding that a traumatic event impacted the parent-child relationship, the trial judge determined that cutting all ties between the biological father and the child would not be in the child's best interests. The stepfather argues that the trial judge erred in failing to find that the biological father's consent was not required for the adoption and...

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