In re A.J.F.

I, KNOLL, J *

This case concerns the opposition of a biological father to the private adoption of his newborn child. The issue of notice invokes a due process question with regard to the father’s opposition to the adoption, the resolution of which highlights the tension between the notice provisions of the Louisiana Children’s Code and the Legislature’s desire for prompt adoptions so that adopted children might have a permanent and stable home as early as possible. We are additionally called upon to deter*49mine whether the appellate court incorrectly applied the manifest error rule in its…