Wiedemann v. Wiedemann

EDWARD A. DUFRESNE, JR., Chief Judge.

| ¿This is a suit to partition property. At issue here is the validity of an act of donation of immovable property in authentic form made by a then husband to his then wife. The trial judge found that the donee had not signed the act prior to the signing by the witnesses and notary, and entered partial summary judgment declaring the act a nullity, relying on Zamjahn v. Zamjahn, 02-871 (La.App. 5 Cir. 1/28/03), 839 So.2d 309. For the following reasons we reverse that judgment.

Initially, we note that the donee designated her action in bringing the matter…