Mouton v. Mouton

CHEHARDY, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee, Pauline Haider, wife of Jonathan K. Mouton, was granted a judgment decreeing a separation a mensa et thoro between herself and her husband on November 21, 1978 after a trial on the merits of the case.

As part of this judgment plaintiff was awarded $950 as attorney fees to be paid out of the community by the defendant, who now appeals, arguing that this award was excessive.

It is a well-established rule that the value of the services for attorney fees in the wife’s suit against her husband for a separation must be based on quantum me-ruit, and not on any…