State ex rel. Haynes’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “If the spouse of the petitioner is the legitimate parent of the child or if the petitioner is the grandparent or grandparents of the child, then the consent of the other legitimate parent is not necessary if the first and second or the first and third conditions exist: (1) The spouse of the petitioner or the grandparent or grandparents or the mother or the father have been granted custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) The other legitimate parent has refused or failed to comply with a court order of support for a period of one year or (3) The other legitimate parent is a nonresident of this state and has failed to support the child for a period of one year after judgment awarding custody to the mother or father or grandparent or grandparents. (emphasis provided) [2] In 1962 R.S. 9:422.1 was further amended to provide a severability clause, to reword the first section, and to add a third section dealing with a legitimate parent who is a non-resident. [3] See Symposium on 1962 Legislation, 23 La.L. Rev. 41, 46 (Dec. 1962) in which Professor Robert Pascal observes that the judiciary will be required to interpret this "inartfully drawn statute”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 So. 2d 103 - Haynes v. Mangham

2. “failed to comply with the court order of support for a period of one year”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 375 So. 2d 103 - Haynes v. Mangham