IN RE V.H.S.

No. 16-CA-235.

195 So.3d 1285 (2016)

In re V.H.S., Applying for Intra-Family Adoption.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth E. Morello , for Plaintiff-Appellant, V.M.S.

Panel composed of FREDERICKA HOMBERG WICKER, JUDE G. GRAVOIS, and ROBERT A. CHAISSON.


In this adoption proceeding, appellant appeals the ex parte denial of her Petition for Intrafamily Adoption. For the following reasons, we find that the trial judge erred in dismissing the petition without a hearing as required under La. Ch.C. art. 1253. We therefore vacate the judgment of the trial court and remand this matter...

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