Rachal v. Rachal

BLANCHE, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Lois LaCour Rachal, filed suit against her husband, defendant-appellee, James Clyde Rachal, for a separation. In the absence of Judge Thomas B. Pugh, Judge of The Family Court in and for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, the rule for custody, alimony and child support was heard by Judge Elven E. Ponder, a Judge of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. On July 20, 1970, after a hearing thereon, judgment was read and signed by Judge Ponder granting unto plaintiff the care and custody of her two minor children and condemning the defendant to pay unto her as…