Legal Opinion

Sanford v. Sanford

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided March 16, 1976No. 7285PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

STOULIG, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Linda May Sanford, has appealed as inadequate a judgment condemning defendant Calvin H. Sanford, Jr., to pay pendente lite alimony and child support for three children (ages 12, 9 and 2i/£ years) in the sum of $60 per week.

Before we discuss the evidence, we are compelled to make the general observation that plaintiff and her three children cannot subsist on this meager amount without some form of public aid.1 If we were to affirm this judgment it would be with the knowledge that the award is grossly inadequate. Were it apparent from the record that $60 is what…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gaidry v. GaidryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979

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