STATE IN INTEREST OF I.K.

2018 CJ 0406.

257 So.3d 694 (2018)

STATE IN the INTEREST OF I.K.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Judgment Rendered: September 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Semien , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellant, I.K., minor child.

Sherry Ann Powell , Livingston, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee, Department of Children and Family Services.

Rebecca Davis Lee Livingston, Louisiana, Curator for Appellee, G.B., alleged father.

Leslie Jean McAndrew , Assistant Public Defender, Livingston, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee, B.W., mother.

John Hall Thomas , New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorney for Appellee, R.K., alleged legal father.

R.K. Livingston, Louisiana, In Proper Person.

Scott Perrilloux , District Attorney, Michael B. Forbes , Assistant District Attorney, Hammond, Louisiana Attorney for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT, AND PENZATO, JJ.


Appellant, I.K., appeals a judgment of the juvenile court finding that the State of Louisiana, Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), rebutted the presumption of paternity of R.K., the man who appears as father on her birth certificate.1 For the reasons that follow, we vacate the judgment.

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