STATE IN INTEREST OF Z.J.

No. 54,029-JAC.

326 So.3d 960 (2021)

STATE of Louisiana IN the INTEREST OF Z.J.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Judgment rendered August 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CINC APPELLATE PROJECT, By: The Harville Law Firm, LLC, By: Douglas Lee Harville , Counsel for Appellant, S.J., Mother.

SARAH S. MIDBOE HOOD , TOMMY J. JOHNSON , Shreveport, Assistant District Attorneys, Counsel for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

CHILD ADVOCACY PROGRAM, By: Reneé Paula Coté , Counsel for Appellee, Z.J., Child.

KIMBERLY S. SMITH , Counsel for Appellee, State of LA, DCFS.

Before PITMAN, STEPHENS, and ROBINSON, JJ.


Plaintiff S.J. appeals the judgment of the juvenile court which permanently placed her child, Z.J., who had been adjudicated a child in need of care, in the guardianship of foster parents who had custody of Z.J.'s half-sister, rather than in the home of a maternal aunt and uncle preferred by S.J. For the reasons stated below, we affirm...

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