Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Gervais
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided October 2, 1990No. 90-CC-2085PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
567 So.2d 593 (1990)
Francine KELLY
v.
Andre GERVAIS.
No. 90-CC-2085.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
October 2, 1990.
2Per curiam
Relator is a Canadian citizen. Relator and his wife separated in Canada in 1982, and the wife obtained a divorce in Kansas in 1984. Relator has custody of their adopted son by virtue of a notarized agreement in Canada. The child has thus lived in Canada with his father since his adoption in 1979, when the child was one-year old.
The mother, now a resident of Louisiana, filed a rule for change of custody in Orleans Parish in July, 1990, while the child was here on a regularly scheduled…
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Dillon v. MedellinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
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