Chenevert v. Chenevert

DOUCET, Judge.

This is an appeal by a wife from an adverse judgment on a post-divorce rule to reduce or terminate specific visitation rights of the husband with their nine year old daughter.

The parties separated in 1977 and were divorced in 1979. In the meantime, the husband joined the Navy and spent little time with the child until he was discharged and returned to live in Marksville about 1981. Thereafter, visitation was sporadic until the Fall of 1984 when it began on a regular basis in accordance with the divorce decree.

This rule was tried on July 22,1985. The wife contended that such…