Legal Opinion
Bowden v. Brown
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 15, 2013No. 48,268-CAPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGarrett, J.
LLauri Bowden, the maternal grandmother, appeals a trial court judgment awarding sole custody of her daughter’s four children to their father, Robert Eli Brown. We affirm the trial court judgment.
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This is an unusual custody case because Robert Eli Brown and Jessica Inell Brown, the parents of the four children at issue, are still legally married.1 There was no proceeding for divorce between the parents to trigger the Louisiana Civil Code articles pertaining to child custody determinations under La. C.C. arts. 131, et seq., when this litigation began. The initial pleading…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Folse v. FolseSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Whittington v. American Oil Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1987
- Mills v. WilkersonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
- Corral v. CorralLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- King v. KingLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018
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