State ex rel. R.W. v. J.L.W.

I must respectfully disagree with the af-firmance by my able colleagues of this judgment and offer these dissenting reasons:

In this action filed by the State DHHR under LRS 14:403, the divorced mother appeals a judgment which terminated her parental-custodial right by adjudicating her two children in “need of care” because she inflicted “sexual abuse” upon one or both of them.1 LRS 14:403; CJP Art. 13, (14)(a).

Even when we review the evidence most favorably in support of the State, as we should, I believe we must find the evidence legally insufficient. Accordingly, I suggest we should reverse…