Legal Opinion
Succession of Lefort
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 16, 2009No. 09-303PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SAUNDERS, Judge.
| jThis case raises the issue of whether the judgment issued by the trial court was an absolute nullity in that it was a judgment against a deceased person. For the following reasons, we find the judgment to be absolutely null and remand the matter to the trial court.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY:
The matter before us arises out of the succession of Mary Louida Areeneaux Le-fort (hereinafter referred to as “Mary Louida”). Mary Louida and Alexis Joseph Lefort, Jr. (hereinafter referred to as “Alexis”) were married for 39 years and had one child, Mary Lou Stoker Joanen…
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