Palmer v. Palmer

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the judgment granting pendente lite alimony was abated by the rendition of the district court’s divorce judgment or whether alimony pendente lite continued to accrue until the delays for the appeal of the divorce judgment had expired.

In a judgment rendered by the district court in December of 1980 defendant-appel-lee-husband, Raymond J. Palmer, was ordered to pay to the plaintiff-appellant-wife, Martha Darwin Palmer, alimony pendente lite in the sum of $1,500.00 per month.

Subsequently, Mr. Palmer filed for a divorce which the district…