Legal Opinion
Starkey v. Starkey
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided August 6, 2013No. Nos. 2013 CU 0166, 2013 CU 0167PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGuidry, J.
12This appeal raises the procedural question of whether a substitute judge can sign a written judgment giving binding effect to an interlocutory ruling rendered by the original judge who subsequently recused from the case. Finding that the substitute judge improvidently signed a judgment on behalf of the recused judge, we vacate the judgment rendered.
*581FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Tyra Ann Smith and Chadrick Galen Starkey were married in March 1995, and from their union, three children were born. On June 20, 2008, the parties filed separate petitions for divorce. Mr. Starkey filed his petition…
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