FULCO v. FULCO

No. 51367.

254 So.2d 603 (1971)

259 La. 1122

Elizabeth Lucille Bradford FULCO, Defendant in Custody Rule-Relator, v. Frank FULCO, Jr., Plaintiff in Custody Rule-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Love, Rigby, Dehan & Love, Kenneth Rigby, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee-relator.

Skeels, Baker & Coleman, Shreveport, Joe J. Tritico, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellant-respondent.


On Writ of Certiorari or Review to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana.

TATE, Justice.

The issue before us is whether the trial court abused its discretion in continuing custody of three young children in their mother. The parents are judicially separated. The father contends that the mother is morally unfit to retain custody.

The court of appeal had reversed the trial court and had granted the husband custody.

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