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CALDWELL v. GILBERT

No. 3600.

253 So.2d 639 (1971)

Mildred CALDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. William Don GILBERT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt, Godwin, Painter & Roddy by Joseph W. Greenwald, Lake Charles, for plaintiff-appellant.

Baggett, Hawsey & McClain by L. E. Hawsey, Jr., Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, HOOD and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether a Louisiana District Court which renders an alimony award to a wife under authority of Art. 160 of the Civil Code, retains exclusive jurisdiction to modify said award.

The undisputed chronology of events leading up to this appeal is as follows: Plaintiff-appellant Mildred Caldwell was married to defendant-appellee William Don Gilbert for some 34...

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