Legal Opinion

Cummings v. Cummings

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided April 16, 1985No. CA 84 0257PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

GROVER L. COVINGTON, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Doris-tine Cummings, from a judgment denying *18her past due child support or arrearages.1 In denying recovery to the plaintiff, the trial judge held that because the parties had reconciled after the original judgment fixing the award of child support, the plaintiff had impliedly waived her right to recover the support payments which were in arrears.

We find that the trial court erred in ruling that the reconciliation waived the accrued child support. The only way that a judgment of the court awarding child support can be…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Vaughan v. VaughanLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1982
  2. Fouquet v. FouquetLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1983

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. DeVillier v. DeVillierLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1989

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