Legal Opinion
Walton v. Hutton
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 9, 1984No. 84 CA 0069PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Judge.
Plaintiffs appealed the judgment of the trial court dismissing their suit for change of custody on defendants’ exception of no right of action.
The only issue is whether plaintiffs, the natural parents of a minor child who has been legally adopted by the defendants, have the necessary legal capacity to file a suit for legal custody of the child.
We reverse and remand.
*1231Briefly, the alleged facts are as follows: 1 Plaintiffs are the natural parents of the minor child, Robert Warren Hutton, Jr. (Robert). They consented, under coercion by the defendants, to the defendants’ adoption of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lambert v. Donald G. Lambert Const. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979
- Burns v. GenoveseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
- LaPointe v. MenardLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
- State Ex Rel. Stokes v. StokesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
- Robertson v. RobertsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
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3Cited by3 opinions
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