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STATE, EX REL. H.M. v. T.M.

No. 44,446-JAC.

12 So.3d 409 (2009)

STATE of Louisiana, in the Interest of H.M., Plaintiff-Appellee v. T.M., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bradley Smitherman, for Appellant, T.M.

Charles A. Smith, Michael Nerren, Bossier City, for Appellee State of Louisiana, DSS/OCS.

William Allen Haynes, for Appellee Father of H.M.

Theodore Edward Johnson, Jr., for Appellee H.M.

Before PEATROSS, DREW and LOLLEY, JJ.

DREW, J.

The mother appeals a judgment vacating custody of her daughter, H.M., from the State to H.M.'s father. We affirm.

FACTS

On May 9, 2008,1 five-year-old H.M. was removed from her mother's custody and placed in the custody of the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services ("DSS"), after she reported that Raymond Ray, a male friend of her mother, had touched her genitals with his hand.2<...

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