Jones v. Thibodeaux

BARRY, Judge.

Plaintiff mother appeals a judgment which orders a 25% wage assignment (up to $400) for past due child support, suspends defendant’s obligation to pay current child support, and denies attorney fees and costs.

*22In June, 1981 plaintiff filed a paternity suit and requested child support. The parties never married but have one child born in 1979. Prior judgments decreed defendant to be the natural father and ordered $350 per month child support retroactive to the filing of the original petition.

Plaintiff filed a “Rule for Contempt for Past Due Support and for Wage Assignment” after…