Johnston v. Johnston
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Judge.
Defendant appeals a judgment against him for $8,200 past due child support, *32$1,063.68 past due medical expenses for the children, and $600 attorney’s fees, for a total of $9,863.68. We affirm.
When the Johnstons were divorced in 1979, Mrs. Johnston got custody of the couple’s two children, and Mr. Johnston was ordered to pay $400 per month child support, plus all reasonable medical, dental, and drug bills of the children. Mr. Johnston never paid the $400 per month as ordered by the court. Before the divorce judgment he had been voluntarily paying Mrs. Johnston $150 a month as…
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