Legal Opinion

Brana v. Brana

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 3, 1916No. 21852PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Suit in separation from bed and board by Jules L. Brana against Maria A. Brana, his wife, brought in the civil district court, and proceeding by the wife In the juvenile court against her husband to compel provision for the support of a minor child, with order of the juvenile court, placing the child in charge of its mother, and from an order of the district court, revoking its order giving the custody to the mother, and giving the custody to the father, the wife applies for…

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Suit in separation from bed and board by Jules L. Brana against Maria A. Brana, his wife, brought in the civil district court, and proceeding by the wife In the juvenile court against her husband to compel provision for the support of a minor child, with order of the juvenile court, placing the child in charge of its mother, and from an order of the district court, revoking its order giving the custody to the mother, and giving the custody to the father, the wife applies for writs of certiorari and prohibition.

1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.

On September 14, 1915, Mrs. Brana charged her husband before the juvenile court with having failed to provide for the support of their nine months old child; and the court made an order that he pay her $3 weekly for that purpose.

*308On the same day, the husband brought suit in separation from bed and board in the civil district court, and the suit was assigned to the division of the respondent judge.

Two days thereafter, on the 16th, the probation officer of the juvenile court, made an affidavit before that court, charging that the husband had taken the child from the custody of the mother; that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. State v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
  3. State v. RoseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1910

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Spaulding v. Children's Home Finding & Aid Society of North Idaho, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1965
  2. In Re OwenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1930
  3. State Ex Rel. Herbert v. RenaudSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1925
  4. State v. GaljourSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1949
  5. Schell v. SchellMichigan Supreme Court · 1932

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