Legal Opinion
Legé v. Legé
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 30, 1969No. 2848PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Judge.
The essential issue of this appeal is whether a Louisiana court must give full faith and credit to an Alabama modification of an earlier Alabama custody decree, when the defendant wife and the children were domiciled in Louisiana at the time the Alabama modification proceedings were instituted.
By these habeas corpus proceedings, the plaintiff father seeks custody of his minor children. His sole ground is based upon their award to him by the Alabama modification decree.
The defendant mother reconvenes, praying that she be awarded custody as the parent entitled to it. She further…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Kovacs v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- In Re AckenhausenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Little v. LittleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- State Ex Rel. Girtman v. RicketsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1952
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Tennyson v. TennysonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- In re WattsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Mendivel v. SimpsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1971