State in the Interest of R.C.
State in the Interest of R.C., No. JAC-0012-0197 (La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. June 6, 2012).
Opinion text
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT
12-197 consolidated with 12-196
STATE IN THE INTEREST OF R.C.
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APPEAL FROM THE
THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF VERNON, NO. J-1932-2010 DIV. B
HONORABLE JOHN C. FORD, DISTRICT JUDGE
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MARC T. AMY
JUDGE
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Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Oswald A. Decuir and
Marc T. Amy, Judges.
AFFIRMED.
Robert J. Elliott
State of Louisiana
Department of Children and Family Services
Post Office Box 832
Alexandria, LA 71309-0832
(318) 487-5218
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
State of Louisiana, Department of Children and Family Services
Guy R. Smith
Post Office Box 1769
Leesville, LA 71496
(337) 238-3558
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
L. E. (Father)
Lisa K. Nelson
Williams & Nelson
Post Office Drawer 1810
Leesville, LA 71496-1810
(337) 238-4704
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
M. E. (Mother)
Ronald K. Seastrunk
Post Office Box 1188
Leesville, LA 71496
(337) 239-2008
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
State of Louisiana, Office of District Attorney
Bradley O’Neal Hicks
Dowden & Hicks
116 East Lula Street
Leesville, LA 71446
(337) 238-2800
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
Unknown Father
Heather Cooley
Acadiana Legal Services
Post Office Box 832
Alexandria, LA 71309-0832
(318) 487-5218
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES:
R. E. (child)
R. C. (child)
AMY, Judge.
For the reasons provided in the companion case, State in the Interest of R.E.
& R.C., 12-196 (La.App. 3 Cir. _/_/12), _ So.3d _, we affirm the trial court’s
judgment of termination of parental rights to the minor child, R.C. (II). We further
affirm the trial court’s certification of R.C. (II) as eligible for adoption. Costs of
this proceeding are assigned to the appellant, M.E.