W.K. v. L.L.

No. 15-133.

165 So.3d 1280 (2015)

In re W.K. & W.S.K., Jr. Applying for Intrafamily Adoption of Minor, W.S.K., III, v. L.L., Natural Mother.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 3, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annette Roach , Roach & Roach, APLC, Rudie R. Soileau, Jr. , Lake Charles, LA, for Appellant, Wilford Carter.

Walter M. Sanchez , The Sanchez Law Firm, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for, W.K. & W.S.K., Jr.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MARC T. AMY, and JAMES T. GENOVESE, Judges.


In this adoption proceeding, counsel for the natural mother, Wilford Carter,1 appeals the trial court's award of sanctions, attorney fees, and court costs in favor of the prospective adoptive parent, W.K., and the natural father, W.S.K., Jr. For the following reasons, we reverse.

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