Cory v. Cory

HALL, Judge.

The plaintiff-wife, an interdict represented by her curatrix, filed suit against her nonresident husband for a separation on grounds of abandonment, cruel treatment and nonsupport and, alternatively, for a divorce on grounds of living separate and apart for one year. Defendant filed an exception of lack of jurisdiction over the person contending that LSA-R.S. 13:3201(f), the long-arm statute, does not subject defendant to the personal jurisdiction of the court and if it is held to give jurisdiction to the court, it is unconstitutional. Additionally, defendant pled that neither he…