Leckie v. Leckie

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

In this case Marie Leckie appeals from a judgment granting her husband, Henry Leckie, a divorce and custody of their youngest daughter, Carla, who was five at the time of the trial. Appellant contests only the award of custody. We affirm.

The parties separated in March, 1980 when the wife left the matrimonial domicile of seven years located at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana. The husband obtained physical custody of Carla about two weeks after the separation and retained it until the wife clandestinely removed the child from kindergarten in October,…