Legal Opinion
State ex rel. S.C.M.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 4, 2008No. 43,441-JACPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
1/The defendant, B.E.M., appeals the trial court’s judgment terminating her parental rights to her children, S.C.M. and H.L.G. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.
FACTS
On January 21, 2004, the Louisiana Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services, Parish of DeSoto (“OCS”) received a report that B.E.M. was using illegal drugs and failing to provide adequate care for her children, ages five, three and two months.1 During the investigation of the report, B.E.M. refused to submit to a drug test and admitted that she had been using marijuana. Following…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- State in Interest of ACSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- A. St. P. C. v. B. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
- State in the Interest of S.M.W.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
- State Ex Rel. SNW v. MitchellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
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