Edwards v. Deming

LEMMON, Judge.

This adoption proceeding was filed pursuant to R.S. 9:422.1 by Nolan Edwards, the present husband of the child’s legitimate mother. Larry Deming, the child’s legitimate father, has appealed from the judgment granting the adoption. The issue is whether Deming’s consent to the adoption is necessary under the circumstances of this case.

When Deming and the child’s mother (now Mrs. Edwards) were divorced in Florida in February, 1971, the judgment ordered Deming to pay support for his son in the amount of $12.50 per week to the clerk of the Florida court. A few months thereafter…