Wagner v. Wagner

GULOTTA, Judge.

Plaintiff-father, a Louisiana resident, appeals from the dismissal of his rule for contempt and for expansion of his visitation rights with his children, who reside with their mother in Texas. The trial court maintained the mother’s exception of lack of jurisdiction, concluding that Texas was the state of proper jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Law, LSA-R.S. 13:1700 et seq. We affirm.

The parties were married in Louisiana on May 11, 1979, and resided in New Orleans. After filing for separation in Orleans Parish on January 17, 1983, the mother moved with…