Legal Opinion

State ex rel. B.D.L.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 1, 2016No. 16-243Published

1Opinion of the Court

PICKETT, Judge.

| TThis court issued a rule ordering Appellant, KB., the biological mother of the minor, B.D.L., to show cause, by brief only, why her appeal should not be dismissed as untimely. For the reasons that follow, we dismiss the appeal.

*585 FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This matter began when B.D.L., who was nearly two weeks old1 at the time, was taken into custody by the State of Louisiana on June 3, 2013, after the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) in Avoyelles Parish was notified that the child’s meconium tested positive for amphetamine, methadone, and benzo-diazepines…

2Cases cited7 opinions

State ex rel. E.A.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2002
In Re DiazSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1947
State ex rel. C.P.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
State in Interest of KBLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
In Re RomeLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975

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