Laborde v. Laborde

DOMENGEAUX, Chief Judge.

The issue presented in this domestic dispute is whether child support payments made pursuant to a criminal non-support sentence interrupt the five year liberative prescription on an action to make executory arrearages due under a civil judgment. The trial court answered this question in the affirmative, overruling the defendant’s exception of prescription. We affirm.

Allen and Mary Kathryn Laborde were divorced on March 21, 1981. The divorce judgment signed that day ordered Mr. La-borde to pay $200.00 a month in child support on behalf of the couple’s minor son, Garrett…