Case Name: STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of M.A.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2004-04-07
Citations: 870 So. 2d 260
Docket Number: No. 2004-CJ-0819
Parties: STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of M.A.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 870
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of M.A.
No. 2004-CJ-0819.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 7, 2004.
Rehearing Denied May 7, 2004.

Opinion:
In re Social Services Dept, of; — Other; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of Terrebonne, City Court of Houma, No. J — 415—02; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2004 CW 0616.
Granted. In its March 9, 2004 order denying relators' motion to vacate the judgment of contempt, the trial court made it clear for the first time that the December 3, 2003 contempt judgment was criminal in nature. Accordingly, the trial court is ordered to grant relators an appeal from the December 3, 2003 judgment.