Lemelle v. Lemelle
Louisiana Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
KNOLL, Judge.
Hilda Lemelle appeals the judgment of the trial court denying her attorney fees in a successful rule to make past due child support executory. We affirm.
LSA-R.S. 9:305 provides that the trial court shall, except for good cause, award attorney, fees to the prevailing party in an action to make past due child support exec-utory. Under R.S. 9:305 the trial court is vested with discretion in determining whether attorney fees are to be awarded. Edwards v. Edwards, 446 So.2d 976 (La. App. 3rd Cir.1984); Cheramie v. Chera-mie, 429 So.2d 203 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983), writ refused, 434…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Deliberto v. DelibertoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Cheramie v. CheramieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
- Edwards v. EdwardsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Cheramie v. CheramieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983