In re J.M.P.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Justice.
In this private adoption dispute the issues are (1) whether the eighteen year old natural mother’s consent to the surrender and adoption were vitiated by duress (natural mother’s family refused to let her bring baby home) or her attorney’s conflict of interest (her attorney was the partner of the lawyer who placed the child with the adoptive parents and handled the adoption free of charge, as he had done in previous cases, because of strong anti-abortion beliefs); and, if not, (2) whether the record *1004and the reasons support the trial court’s judgment that the adoption is in the…
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Marriage of Pikula v. PikulaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Guardianship of SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Sorentino v. Family & Children's Soc. of ElizabethSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- Surrender of Minor ChildrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- In the Matter of Adoption of RobinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- State, in Interest of SmSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- In Re Adoption of BGSSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- In re A.J.F.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
- Coleman v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2009
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