Legal Opinion
In Re JMP
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 3, 1988No. 88-C-0008PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
528 So.2d 1002 (1988)
In re Mr. & Mrs. J.M.P. Applying for Adoption.
No. 88-C-0008.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
June 3, 1988.
M. Michele Fournet, for applicant.
H. Sanders O'Neal, Houma, for respondent.
DENNIS, Justice.
In this private adoption dispute the issues are (1) whether the eighteen year old natural mother's consent to the surrender and adoption were vitiated by duress (natural mother's family refused to let her bring baby home) or her attorney's conflict of interest (her attorney was the partner of the lawyer who placed the child with the adoptive parents and handled the adoption free of…
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2Cases cited22 opinions
- Marriage of Pikula v. PikulaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1985
- Guardianship of SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Sorentino v. Family & Children's Soc. of ElizabethSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1976
- Surrender of Minor ChildrenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- In the Matter of Adoption of RobinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re CB, Applying for AdoptionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- In re C.B.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
- In re C.A.P.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1990
- In re K.L.H.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2000