STATE IN INTEREST OF H.J.

No. 53,299-JAC.

293 So.3d 97 (2020)

STATE of Louisiana IN the INTEREST OF H.J.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered March 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES E. STEWART, SR. , District Attorney, Counsel for Appellant, State of Louisiana.

AUDIE L. JONES , TOMMY J. JOHNSON , Assistant District Attorneys, INDIGENT DEFENDER BOARD, By: Samuel D. Goodwin , Andrew L. Randall, Jr. , Counsel for Appellees, D.J., Mother, E.P., Presumed Father.

CHILD ADVOCACY PROGRAM, By: Nancy G. Cooper , Counsel for Appellee, H.J., Child.

DANIEL T. WILSON , Counsel for Appellee, R.B., Alleged Father.

Before MOORE, PITMAN, and STONE, JJ.


The State of Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services ("DCFS") appeals a judgment from the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court that denied its petition to find that an infant, H.J., is a child in need of care ("CINC") or that the family is in need of services. After review, we reverse the judgment and remand the case to the juvenile...

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