Warren v. McNair

BARRY, Judge.

We grant this writ application to consider the application of the Louisiana Long Arm Statute, La.R.S. 13:3201, to obtain jurisdiction over a nonresident spouse in a divorce proceeding. The original application involved Lucius Warren and Jeanne McNair, who had filed petitions for divorce in for-ma pauperis against their spouses who are out-of-state defendants. In McNair a divorce had been granted and that writ is moot.

Mr. Warren argues that his divorce has been delayed and his constitutional rights violated by the required appointment of a curator ad hoc (whom he cannot pay) to…