Legal Opinion

Zimmer v. Wigginton

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided July 19, 1982No. 12700PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

REDMANN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff mother appeals from a judgment that increased defendant father’s child support obligation from $100 to $125 bi-weekly and that denied her attorney’s fees while awarding an arrearage of $6,600. The mother asks a greater increase in support plus attorney’s fees. The father neither appeals nor answers the mother’s appeal. We increase the support award but otherwise affirm.

The $100 amount had been determined in July 1975 and continued in the separation and divorce judgments. The child was about 7 years old in July 1975 because he was 12 as of the November 1980 trial…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Weeks v. WeeksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
  2. Gaidry v. GaidryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
  3. Almond v. AlmondLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1978

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dufrene v. DufreneLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

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