MAYEUX v. CHARLET

No. 2016-CA-1463.

203 So.3d 1030 (2016)

Robert D. MAYEUX and Lisa M. Mayeux v. George J. CHARLET, Jr., Deceased, Charlet Funeral Home, Inc., Rev. M. Jeffery Bayhi, and The Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BOYER, HEBERT, ABELS & ANGELLE, LLC, Brian Keith Abels , Mark David Boyer ; For Appellant;

Nancy Nawas Butcher ; Jennifer C. Poirier ; LAW OFFICE OF VIRGINIA ERWIN SIRERA, Virginia Erwin Sirera ; THE TRUITT LAW FIRM, Jack Etherton Truitt ; KINNEY, ELLINGHAUSEN, RICHARD & DESHAZO, Don Michael Richard ; TAYLOR, PORTER, BROOKS & PHILLIPS, LLP, Harry Joseph Philips, Jr. ; For Appellee.


PER CURIAM

This case concerns a judgment by the District Court declaring La. Child. Code art. 609 unconstitutional. La. Child. Code art. 609 requires any statutorily defined "mandatory reporter" of child abuse "who has cause to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare is endangered as a result of abuse," to report the suspected abuse irrespective of "any claim of privilege."1 The issue presently at the center...

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