In re C.E.F.
Also decided on this docket: La. Ct. App. 1st Cir., February 8, 2008 977 So. 2d 1
In re C.E.F., 977 So. 2d 1 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2007).
Cited by
- In Re_ Termination of Parental Rights to the Minor Child L.C.T La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2025
- State of Louisiana in the Interest of E.B. La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2024
- In Re: J. W. R., D. C. R., and D. J. R. La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2022
- In Re: Richard Todd Buttone and Wife Tonya Lynn Buttone Applying for the Intrafamily … La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2019
- In re C.L.A.C. 266 So. 3d 302 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2018
Opinion text
HUGHES, J., dissenting. hi respectfully dissent. This is not a custody case.- It is a termination of parental rights, the legal severance of the biological relationship of a father and a son. The majority opinion acknowledges that the petitioners restricted the father’s visitation and refused his attempts to pay child support. The mother has a duty to foster the relationship between father and child. While we cannot ignore the fact that the father was incarcerated in 2005 on a DWI charge, it also appears that he has never ceased trying to do the right thing toward his child. Buying a kid a four wheeler does not make one -the' “real dad.” Love from an *8 imperfect source need not be rejected if the child is otherwise protected. The proposed adoption is not in the child’s best long-term interest. Who really “benefits” here?