State ex rel. L.B.

hThe instant matter arises from a verified complaint requesting an instanter order seeking to place the minor child, seven month old L.B., in the legal custody of the State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, Office of Community Services (“OCS”), pursuant to the Louisiana Children’s Code. The OCS alleged that L.B. had suffered extensive injuries and neglect for which his parents, P.B. and L.W., could offer no reasonable explanation, and therefore that reasonable grounds existed'to find L.B. was a child in need of care.

Included in support of the OCS complaint was an affidavit from the…