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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:422.8 (2026)

Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 235, §17, eff. January. 1, 1992.

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§422.8. Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 235, §17, eff. January. 1, 1992.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1982–2018 · leading case: In Re Adoption of BGS, 556 So. 2d 545 (La. 1990).
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In Re Adoption of BGS, 556 So. 2d 545 (La. 1990). · cites it 7× “R.S. 9:422.8. Moreover, the father may not place his name on the birth certificate without the mother's consent.”
In Re Go Applying for Adoption, 433 So. 2d 1115 (La. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “LSA-R.S. 9:422.8 provides for the effect to be given the formal act of surrender: "The formal act of voluntary surrender grants the legal custody of the child identified in the act to the person or persons named or represented in the act.”
State Ex Rel. RC v. Clarke, 743 So. 2d 843 (La. Ct. App. 1999). “R.S. 9:422.8 by not transferring custody to Ms.”
In Re Cdt, 415 So. 2d 315 (La. Ct. App. 1982). “[3] LSA-R.S. 9:422.8. Effect of formal act of surrender The formal act of voluntary surrender grants the legal custody of the child identified in the act to the person or persons named or represented in the act.”
In Re Jmp, 528 So. 2d 1002 (La. 1988). “R.S. 9:422.8. However, the surrendering parent may revoke her consent to the transfer and adoption by a written declaration within 30 days after executing the act of surrender.”
In re J.M.P., 528 So. 2d 1002 (La. 1988). “R.S. 9:422.8. However, the surrendering parent may revoke her consent to the transfer and adoption by a written declaration within 30 days after executing the act of surrender.”
In Re McK, 444 So. 2d 1362 (La. Ct. App. 1984). “" Accordingly, appellants were vested with "legal custody" of the child from the time the natural mother executed the act of surrender. Nevertheless, the state retains the superior right in the matter of adoption, involving as it does the best interest and welfare of the…”
In re S.D., 250 So. 3d 1097 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “R.S. 9:422.8 unconstitutional because it deprived unwed fathers with protected interests in their children of parental rights without prior notice and an opportunity to be heard before a neutral decision-maker.”
Tripp v. Jurls, 559 So. 2d 514 (La. Ct. App. 1990). “2d 509 (La.1980). Somewhat similarly, an act voluntarily surrendering a child for private adoption, executed in strict compliance with statutory provisions, grants irrevocable consent.”
State ex rel. J.W., 536 So. 2d 788 (La. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “LSA-R.S. 9:422.8. 2 Additionally, if the method of legal surrender set out in section 422.”
In Re Jwr, 607 So. 2d 634 (La. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “LSA-R.S. 9:422.8. Attached to the adoption petition was the biological parents' social history in which TM stated: We feel we cannot take care of another child mental (sic) or physical (sic).”
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