Dubuisson v. Moseley

FRUGÉ, Judge.

This is an action by plaintiff to traverse the inventory of the Succession of Edward Dubuisson filed by the defendant adminis-tratrix. Plaintiff, the surviving spouse of Edward Dubuisson, filed a rule to show cause why the inventory should not be amended to list $9,255.55 as community property rather than separate property. The trial court held that the funds were separate property, and plaintiff has appealed.

When the decedent married Charlotte Hogan Dubuisson in November of 1960, he was practicing law in partnership with his brother, James Dubuisson. At that time, the…