Rapp v. Rapp

When the trial of this case was concluded on December 12, 1980, the judge made the following statement:

“It is ordered, adjudged and decreed by this court that there will be adjudged herein in favor of Mrs. Linda Ann Razza Rapp for a separation based on mental cruelty and physical cruelty.

It is further ordered, adjudged and decreed that there is mutual fault.”

In his written reasons for judgment, signed on December 12, 1980, the judge stated as follows:

“The Court is well aware that prior to 1976 and the amendment of Civil Code Article 141, the Court might have denied a judgment of separation.…