State ex rel. T.H. v. N.H.

SEXTON, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services appeals a judgment nullifying a mother’s voluntary surrender of her child to the state for adoption. Appellant contends the trial court erred in declaring the act of surrender null and void on grounds that the state did not notify the mother’s court-appointed attorney in an ongoing ehild-in-need-of-care proceeding of the surrender proceedings and in holding that the mother’s action to nullify the act of surrender was not barred by the statutory time limitations applicable to such actions. For the following reasons, the…