Legal Question in Family Law in Louisiana

Don't forget the father, he has a say so in all this. No adoption is "just filing the papers." My suggestion is you have your cousin move in with you and have the child in Florida. The State will get involved to make sure your home is suitable to take the child. If you want to have her have the child in Louisiana, there is something called the interstate compact where the sending State, Louisiana, contacts the receiving State, Florida, and they do paperwork so that both states are satisfied this is in the child's best interest. It is a pain but it is the law.