State in Interest of AVP
Louisiana Court of Appeal
108 So. 3d 1204 (2013)
- Written by Rich Walter, JD
Facts
Seventeen-year-old AVP (plaintiff), an intelligent, college-bound high-school senior who had been awarded a merit scholarship and who was largely self-supporting, petitioned a juvenile court for an order authorizing her to have an abortion without parental consent. The court immediately appointed counsel for AVP and held a hearing on her petition that day. At the hearing, at which AVP was the only witness, AVP testified that neither her father nor her boyfriend remained a presence in her life. AVP characterized her mother as an emotionally unstable alcoholic with whom AVP had a strained relationship. According to AVP, the mother had thrown AVP’s sister out of their house when the sister became pregnant, and AVP feared a similar reaction if her mother learned of AVP’s pregnancy. AVP testified that after researching her options and receiving counseling from friends and abortion-clinic staff, she had concluded that she was neither emotionally nor financially ready to care for a child, that the pregnancy would cause her to lose her scholarship, and that adoption was neither a practical nor a desirable option. When the juvenile court denied AVP’s petition, AVP appealed to the Louisiana Court of Appeal, which, as required by statute, conducted a de novo hearing within 48 hours.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Windhorst, J.)
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