Fontenot v. Ardoin

The sole issue on this appeal is whether a wife is precluded from post-divorce alimony where her husband obtains a divorce based on the parties having lived separate and *1053apart for six months after the rendition of a separation decree on the ground of mutual fault. LSA-R.S. 9:302(A).

The separation judgment was signed on August 23, 1984. It was not appealed and became final. The testimony admitted at that hearing was not transcribed, and only the judgment which recites that it “was based on mutual fault of the parties herein” is before us on this appeal.

The appellant-wife contends the judge who…