In re E.D.B.

hWALTZER, Judge.

In this appeal the natural paternal grandmother of three minor children contests the appointment of E.B., (a cousin of the natural mother of the minor children V.M., K.M. and B.M.), to the position of provisional tutrix in 1997; the cousin’s continued custody of the three children; and finally, their adoption by E.B.

BACKGROUND FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In August 1993, the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services, removed three minor children, V.M., K.M., and B.M., from the custody of their biological mother finding them in need of care. The…