Legal Opinion

Tutorship of Shea

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 2, 1993No. 92-1127PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the district court in consolidated tutorship and adoption proceedings. The appellant is J. Michael Shea, the father of Matthew Allister Shea. The appellees are the child’s maternal grandparents, A.A. Sollay and Norma Betty Sollay.

Matthew was born on September 22, 1982, of the brief and troubled marriage of the appellant and the appellees’ daughter, Betty Sollay. The appellant and Betty had separated prior to the child’s birth and were subsequently divorced. Betty was awarded sole custody of Matthew, and the appellant had very limited…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. In Re AckenhausenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
  2. Adoption of LatiolaisSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  3. US Fire Ins. Co. v. SwannSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. Knighten v. KnightenLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
  5. Haynes v. ManghamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gordon v. CokerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1994
  2. Brown v. BrownLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1999
  3. In re K.L.H.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2000
  4. State, Department of Social Services v. KelloggLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  5. Tutorship of SheaSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993

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