Justin Hodges v. Amy Hodges

_JjI respectfully dissent from the majority opinion, holding that LSA-R.S. 9:335 does not allow a district court to designate both parents in a child custody matter as “co-domiciliary parents.”

The trial judge in the instant case was presented with testimony demonstrating that prior to trial the parents had been sharing equal physical custody of their minor child, M.H., and the parents had been making all decisions regarding the- child jointly. No testimony was- presented to indicate that any disagreements had occurred between the parents on these issues. The mother nevertheless sought to be…