In re LaFitte

GLADNEY, Judge.

This adoption proceeding was filed on January 6, 1964 by C. P. LaFitte, the stepfather of the three children he seeks to adopt. Only Jean Ruth Emdon Hutchinson LaFitte, the legitimate mother of the children granted her consent to the adoption. These proceedings are predicated on LSA-R.S. 9:422 which provides that under *838certain prescribed conditions the consent of the other living legitimate parent may be dispensed. The father of the children vigorously opposes the adoption and trial was had on a rule ordering the defendant, James C. Hutchinson, to show cause why his consent…