Davis v. State ex rel. Hotchkiss

BOUTALL, Judge.

Appellant, the natural mother of the minor, Leonard Duane Hotchkiss, appeals from a judgment declaring her to have abandoned her child under La.R.S. 9:403. We affirm on a finding that all the statutory formalities for affording appellant notice were strictly adhered to, and that the State carried its burden of proof in this case.

FACTS

In 1976 the appellant, Rose Ann Cook Hotchkiss Cadiere Davis (hereinafter Rose Davis), left her then husband Mr. Cadiere. She entrusted to his care the two small children of their marriage as well as another son, Leonard Hotchkiss, child from a…