Louisiana Court of Appeal September 8, 1977, No. 8331 (Edwards v. Deming)

LEMMON, Judge.

This adoption proceeding was filed pursuant to R.S. 9:422.1 by Nolan Edwards, the present husband of the child’s legitimate mother. Larry Deming, the child’s legitimate father, has appealed from the judgment granting the adoption. The issue is whether Deming’s consent to the adoption is necessary under the circumstances of this case.

When Deming and the child’s mother (now Mrs.