Case Name: In the Interest of H. M., et al.
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1982-03-02
Citations: 411 So. 2d 1176
Docket Number: No. 13002
Parties: In the Interest of H. M., et al.
Judges: Before KLIEBERT, REDMANN and KLEES, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 411
Pages: 1176–1177

Head Matter:
In the Interest of H. M., et al.
No. 13002.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
March 2, 1982.
Rehearing Denied April 16, 1982.
Arthur L. Harris, Sr., Harris & Stampley, New Orleans, for Parents.
Dorothy F. Waldrup, New Orleans, for Children.
Richard M. Goldman, New Orleans, for Office of Human Development.
Paul G. Mayoral, Mary Beck Widmann, Asst. Dist. Attys., Juvenile Div., Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for the State.
Before KLIEBERT, REDMANN and KLEES, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
KLEES, Judge.
The court has considered the Motion to Dismiss Appeal filed by the State of Louisiana through the District Attorney's office for Orleans Parish, the Motion to Dismiss Appeal filed on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Tilton, Statement of No Objection to the Motion to Dismiss appeal filed by the State of Louisiana through the District Attorney's office for Orleans Parish entered by the appointed legal representative of the two minor children, as well as the opposition to the motion to dismiss, filed by the Office of Human Development for the State of Louisiana. After an examination of the record this court finds that the Original Motion for Devolutive Appeal filed November 6, 1981 appealed from that judgment of the Juvenile Court read and signed September 8, 1981. Under LSA-CJP, Art. 99; Appeals shall be taken within fifteen (15) days from the entering of the judgment of disposition.
As this appeal was taken long after the expiration of the 15 day time limit, we are of the opinion that the appeal must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
IT IS ORDERED, that this appeal be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction at appellant's costs.
REDMANN, J., dissenting with written reasons.