Legal Opinion

Lemelle v. Lemelle

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 5, 1986No. 85-1064Published

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

  1. Deliberto v. DelibertoLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
  2. Cheramie v. CheramieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983
  3. Edwards v. EdwardsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
  4. Cheramie v. CheramieSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983

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