712 So. 2d 1034 - German v. Galley’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In interpreting La.Ch.Code art. 1245(D)(1), previously codified in La. R.S. 9:422.1, the Louisiana Supreme Court in Haynes v. Mangham, 375 So.2d 103 (La.1979) took a “common sense” interpretation of the statute in stating: “If a parent under court order to support a child has not made a significant support payment within a year pri- or to filing of the petition for adoption, that parent loses the right to prevent the adoption by withholding consent.” (Emphasis added). ... However, “significant support has been defined as being something only in the range of twenty to thirty percent of the alimentary obligation.” In re Adoption of Broussard, 469 So.2d 454, 456 (La.App. 3 Cir.), writ denied, 474 So.2d 1303 (La.1985), citing In re May, 441 So.2d 500 (La.App. 2 Cir.1983). In addition to establishing the failure to provide support, petitioners also have the burden of showing: “1) that the failure to pay child support must have been without just cause, In re Bas, Applying for Adoption, 424 So.2d 405 (La.App. 2nd Cir.1982), and 2) that the adoption must be in the best interest of the child, Adoption of Latiolais, 384 So.2d 377 (La.1980).” Wyatt v. Dept. of Public Welfare, 442 So.2d 1369, 1373 , citing In re MDA, Applying for Adoption, 427 So.2d 1334 (La.App. 2 Cir.1983).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 85 So. 3d 1286 - In re Adoption of E.F.F. ex rel. J.L.B.