Legal Opinion

Adoption of Baby Doe

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 21, 1986No. 85-1232PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

492 So.2d 508 (1986)

ADOPTION OF BABY DOE.

No. 85-1232.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 21, 1986.

Rehearing Denied August 19, 1986.

Writ Denied November 7, 1986.

James E. Beal, Natchitoches, for defendant-appellant.

Poteet and Landry, John G. Poteet, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LABORDE, YELVERTON and FONTENOT[*], JJ.

H. WARD FONTENOT, Judge pro tem.

Baby Doe, an illegitimate, was born in Iberia General Hospital, Iberia Parish, on June 20, 1985. The unmarried mother of the child had agreed that she would surrender the child to the Catholic Social Services of the…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re Adoption of BGSSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
  2. Adoption of Baby DoeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1986

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