Donnow v. Donnow

CHEHARDY, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from proceedings in which Jeffrey Donnow seeks joint custody of his son from his prior marriage. Cynthia Donnow Traylor, who is the child’s mother and Mr. Donnow’s former wife, appeals the district court’s denial of her exception of improper venue and her motion for change of venue.

The parties were married in 1979 and maintained their matrimonial domicile in St. John the Baptist Parish. Following their physical separation, Mrs. Donnow moved to St. Tammany Parish, where she filed a petition for judicial separation in the 22nd Judicial District Court in…