Opinion ID: 1833123
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Heading: Consent of the Parents

Text: The consent of the parties is one of the requirements for an act of surrender. If consent is lacking, there is no valid surrender. LSA-R.S. 9:402; LSA-C.C. Arts. 1779, 1819; Cole v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, La.App., 160 So.2d 785 (1964); S. Litvinoff, 6 Louisiana Civil Law TreatiseObligations (Book 1), § 129, pp. 210-211 (1969). As to consent, the trial judge found: There is no doubt in the Court's mind that there has never been any pressure, undue influence or the like brought to bear on these plaintiffs by the Children's Bureau. This is evident from the record and from December, 1974 up to the final act of surrender executed on August 18, 1975. It is also evident that these plaintiffs are mature individuals; not possessed of formal education beyond the ninth grade but by no means . . . illiterate.