Cambre v. Cambre

SAMUEL, Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment changing the custody of one of her children (Wyatt, age 13 years at the time the judgment was rendered) to that of the father. In this court appellant contends: (1) she was absent and unrepresented at the trial due to lack of notice; and (2) alternatively, the record is devoid of evidence sufficient to support the change of custody.

Relative to the matter of notice, the mother was represented since April 4, 1974 by Joel T. Chaisson who on that date filed her petition for legal separation, represented her at custody and alimony hearings, in…