Fontenot v. Derbonne

PONDER, Justice.

In this suit for declaratory judgment, the plaintiff seeks to have the legal status of the defendants fixed by decree of court. The issue raised in this case is whether or not the defendants, the alleged natural children of Mathilda Sonnier and Dominique Derbonne, were legitimated by the subsequent marriage of their natural father, Dominique Derbonne, and natural mother, Mathilda Sonnier.

It appears that Mathilda Sonnier was previously married 4;o John A. Godeau and the question arose as to whether or not this marriage was dissolved by divorce at the time the defendants were…