State v. Wells

Judge Rosemary Ledet

This is a State appeal from the quashal of a prosecution for failure to pay a child support obligation. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

For the purposes of this appeal, it is undisputed that Herman Wells owes an ongoing obligation to pay child support arising from a consent judgment entered in a civil child support proceeding pending before the Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court (the "Child Support Case"). It is also undisputed that, as a result of Mr. Wells' failure to make payments as required in the Child Support Case, the…