State ex rel. D.B.

Judge Joy Cossich Lobrano

Lin the case sub judice, this Court must decide whether a putative father’s parental rights should be terminated under La. Ch. C. art. 1015 when the facts indicate that he may not know that his sexual relationship with a mother resulted in the birth of a child. Answering that question affirmatively, we reverse the judgment of the juvenile court and terminate the putative father’s rights to the child, D.B.

D.B., who is twelve years old, is the eldest of four children born to her Mother, E.B (“Mother”). At the time of her birth, no father was named on D.B.’s birth…