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STATE IN INTEREST OF S.S.

Nos. 13-877, 13-878, 13-879.

127 So.3d 1107 (2013)

STATE in the Interest of S.S. (Male) & S.S. (Female).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 11, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Pizzolatto, Jr. , Department of Social Services, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellant: State of Louisiana, Department of Children & Family Services.

Stephen A. Berniard, Jr. , Raggio, Cappel, Chozen, etc., Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellee: State of Louisiana, Office of Community Services.

Ronald Augustin Rossitto , District Attorney, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellee: State of Louisiana.

Jack Wright, Jr. , Attorney at Law, Monroe, Louisiana, for Appellee: L.S. (mother).

Richard L. Fewell Jr. , Law Office of Richard Fewell, West Monroe, Louisiana, for Appellee: L.S. (mother).

Stephanie Landry Cochran , Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellee: State of Louisiana.

Robert Michael McHale Jr. , Attorney at Law, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellee: R. S., Jr. (father).

Richard Scandrett , Children's Advocacy Program, Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Appellee: S.S. (child), S.S. (child).

Court composed of ELIZABETH A. PICKETT, BILLY HOWARD EZELL, and JOHN E. CONERY, Judges.

CONERY, Judge.

The State of Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services ("DCFS"), appeals the imposition of an expert witness fee ordered by the trial court for the services of a psychologist who testified on behalf of R.S., Jr., the father of the minors S.S. (male) and S.S. (female). DCFS filed a motion and order to vacate the December 5, 2012 order directing DCFS to pay the psychologist's witness fee, which was denied by the trial court. DCFS seeks reversal...

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