Legal Opinion
State ex rel. A.M.C.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 8, 2017No. 16-CA-615Published
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.
iJfhe district court rendered judgment in this case on the petition of the Department of Children and Family Services (“DCFS”), terminating the parental rights of the mother, A.C., and the father, M.C., to the minor child A.M.C.1 A.C. and M.C. appeal from that judgment. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
A.M.C. was born on March 16, 2014, and is the minor child of A.C. and M.C. On February 18, 2016, DCFS filed a petition to terminate A.C.’s and M.C.’s parental rights, alleging that they had abandoned A.M.C. and that their rights should be terminated under La. Ch.C. art. 1015(4) and/or…
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- Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services AgencySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- State, in Interest of SmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- State in Interest of KgSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2003
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