In Re Knight
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
McCALEB, Justice.
Margaret Jean and Marjorie Jane Knight, seven years of age, are the twin daughters of Mrs. Genevieve Knight of Shreveport, issue of her marriage with Marcus Knight, deceased.
On December 13, 1945, Mrs. Ray Over-lees, paternal grandmother of the little girls, initiated this proceeding on behalf of the State in the Caddo Parish Juvenile Court to have them declared to be neglected children under Act No. 30 of 1924 because of the alleged immoral conduct of their mother during the latter part of 1944 and for the greater portion of 1945. Upon the charges contained in the affidavit…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Orr v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919
3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Lombardo v. MillerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- State in Interest of KingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Kozlowski v. State ex rel. Department of Health & Human ResourcesLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
- State v. TraylorSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949