Lulich v. Lulich

STOULIG, Judge.

Appellant, Renee Lulich, has appealed a judgment of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans that, inter alia, deprived her of the custody of her 12-year-old minor child, Jean, and granted it to St. Elizabeth’s Children’s Home. The hearing at which the custody change was determined was initiated ex proprio motu by the trial judge after a disturbance occurred between the minor and her mother.

As background, we note that Renee and John Lulich, Jr., were divorced in what has been extensive and bitter litigation. Mrs. Lulich, awarded the divorce on the ground of adultery,…