IN RE PUCKETT

No. 49,046-JAC.

137 So.3d 1264 (2014)

In re Jeremy L. PUCKETT, Applying for Intra Family Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Miciotto , Shreveport, for Appellant, Jonathan G. Brown.

David L. White , Bossier City, for Appellees, Jeremy L. Puckett and Alexis B. Puckett.

Cary A. Hilburn , Shreveport, for the child.

Before CARAWAY, PITMAN and GARRETT, JJ.


CARAWAY, J.

In this intrafamily adoption case, the unwed biological father enlisted in the Navy when the child was one year old and remained in military service for five years. The child's mother married the petitioner/stepparent, who later brought this action to adopt the child without the consent of the father. The child was four when the suit was filed. Petitioner asserted that the father refused or failed to visit, communicate or attempt to communicate with the...

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