Legal Opinion
Monsour v. Monsour
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 1, 1976No. 13030PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Judge.
Ronald Thomas Monsour, Sr. instituted this action against his former wife to obtain custody of their child, Ronald Thomas, Jr. The lower court retained custody in the mother and plaintiff appeals.
The issue is whether the lower court erred in denying a change of custody for an 8 year old boy when the mother had admittedly been living in open concubinage for some four months when the change of custody suit was filed.
We reverse the lower court and award custody of the boy to his father.
The defendant became acquainted with one Hank Shelton some time in 1975 and permitted Shelton to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Borras v. FalgoustLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Johnson v. JohnsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Tuggle v. TuggleLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Parks v. ParksLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
- Denton v. MeshellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1976
3Cited by5 opinions
- Beck v. BeckLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- Coltharp v. ColtharpLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Bushnell v. BushnellLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977
- McCurdy v. McCurdyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1979
- Monsour v. MonsourSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977