Legal Opinion

Compton v. Bertaut

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided June 13, 1978No. 8948PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GULOTTA, Judge.

We are confronted with an appeal by a divorced husband from two separate judgments. In one judgment, dated July 6, 1977, the trial judge maintained a support award in the amount of $400.00 for two children, although he relieved the husband from paying support for a third child who had died. In that July 6 judgment he also awarded the wife $3,424.50 (one half of the expenses of the last illness and funeral of the deceased child) and $300.00 (attorney’s fees incurred by the wife in enforcing previous support judgments). In the second judgment, dated October 6, 1977, the court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
  2. Stoltz v. StoltzLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  3. Wingo v. CookLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
  4. Wallace v. WallaceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
  5. Stanfield v. StanfieldLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In Re the Marriage of GaerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
  2. Gardner v. GardnerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978

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