In re the Succession of LaBorde

WATKINS, Judge.

This is a succession proceeding wherein a surviving spouse intervened claiming entitlement to the marital portion. After a trial on the merits, the district court rejected the surviving spouse’s claim, and issued the following reasons for judgment:

The marital portion issue now before the Court has arisen during the ongoing settlement of the succession of Dalton Luke LaBorde. Specifically at issue is whether a wife, Mrs. Dianne LaBorde, can claim the marital portion from her deceased husband’s succession where husband and wife are separated in fact at the time of the husband’s…