STATE IN INTEREST OF M.N.

NO. 21-CA-634.

336 So.3d 996 (2022)

STATE of Louisiana IN the INTEREST OF M.N. & B.N.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT, STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF M.N. AND B.N., JR., Honorable Paul D. Connick, Jr. , Metairie, Thomas J. Butler , Elizabeth B. Curren , Douglas E. Rushton .

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE-2ND APPELLANT, M.N. AND B.N., JR., Fatmeh T. Ali .

COUNSEL FOR PARENT/APPELLEE, B.N., FATHER, Douglas L. Harville , Jennifer G. Womble .

Panel composed of Judges Susan M. Chehardy, Fredericka Homberg Wicker, and John J. Molaison, Jr.


In this Child in Need of Care ("CINC") action, the juvenile court granted the father's motion for directed verdict immediately after the State rested its case, but before the children were permitted to offer evidence. Finding error in the juvenile court's ruling, we reverse the judgment and remand for retrial.

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