Compton v. Bertaut
Louisiana Court of Appeal
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
- Wainwright v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1950
- Stoltz v. StoltzLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Wingo v. CookLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Wallace v. WallaceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
- Stanfield v. StanfieldLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
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