336 So. 2d 1066 - Dillon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. ““The State did not introduce a judgment into the record which makes such a determination against the parents. Furthermore, we note the absence of competent evidence in this record which would support such a finding against the Fontenots or the Dillons in this case. See State in the Interest of Prestridge, 323 So.2d 868 (La. App. 2d Cir. 1976). Since there has been no judicial determination in a contradictory hearing that the interests of the children require continued State intervention, we hold that Mrs. Fontenot’s voluntary relinquishment of custody to the State in 1973 does not in itself forever bar her from exercising her parental rights. “An incidental issue is whether the grandparents of the children, plaintiffs herein, are able to assert this right of the parents to the custody of the children. We are of the opinion that by virtue of the August 23, 1974, authentic act executed by the Fontenots, which relinquishes custody to the Dillons, this suit may be viewed as a request by the parents for the return of their children to the Dillons, grandparents of the children.” 336 So.2d at 1069 . Our emphasis.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of May

2. “the central issue in this appeal is under what circumstances the State can retain the custody of minor children against the wishes of the parents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State, in Interest of Canady