In re Spillers

MARVIN, Judge.

The natural father appeals the adoption of his seven-year-old daughter by her stepfather.

The obvious issue is whether the father’s refusal or failure to comply with the court order of support for more than a year was without “just cause”. In re Ackenhausen, 244 La. 730, 154 So.2d 380 (1963); LRS 9:422.1.

After the parents were legally separated (October 1976) and divorced (November 1977), the father was granted visitation rights and was ordered to pay $75 monthly child support in a judgment of November 13,1978. The father has not complied with the support order except for two…