In re Adoption of Jarreau

EDWARDS, Judge.

This is an adoption proceeding in which a stepfather seeks to adopt a minor child of his wife. The central issue presented on appeal is whether the legitimate father refused or failed to comply with a court order of support for a period of one year within the intent of La.R.S. 9:422.1, thereby making his consent to the adoption unnecessary. The Juvenile Court of the Parish of East Feliciana held that the consent of the legitimate father was unnecessary and granted an interlocutory decree of adoption.

The record shows that there were three children who were issue of the marriage…