Estilette v. Estilette

RULING

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, District Judge.

This matter was originally brought by the defendant herein, Ann Olivier Estilette, as a suit for separation in the Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafayette, State of Louisiana. The petitioner, J. D. Estilette, subsequently removed the matter to this court, invoking the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1441 et seq. We now have before us a motion to remand the matter to the State court.

Petitioner asserts that' Louisiana courts follow a policy of favoring the mother over the father in child custody cases, simply because of their sex. This policy, he…