
    Robert O’Neille LAVIGNE, applying for Adoption of Paula Ann Cooper v. Prentice COOPER.
    No. 11101.
    Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
    Dec. 20, 1976.
    Gordon W. Matheny, Hammond, for Robert O’Neille Lavigne, plaintiff-appellee.
    
      Allen B. Pierson, Jr., Ponchatoula, for Prentice Cooper, defendant-appellant.
    Before LANDRY, C. J., and COLE and CLAIBORNE, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

This appeal was fixed for argument and all attorneys of record were notified. At the time scheduled for argument, the appellant was not present or represented, nor had any brief been filed on behalf of appellant, nor had any motion been fixed for continuance.

On authority of Rule VII, Section 5(b), this Court Ex Proprio Motu, considers said appeal as abandoned; therefore,

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that this appeal be dismissed with prejudice.

APPEAL DISMISSED.  