HILLIARD v. RICHARD

No. 4451.

291 So.2d 875 (1974)

David Royce HILLIARD, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Wilda Lynn RICHARD, Defendant and Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Kenneth Deshotel, Opelousas, for plaintiff-appellant.

Taylor & Trosclair, by Frank P. Trosclair, Jr., Opelousas, for defendant-appellee.

Before FRUGE, CULPEPPER and WATSON, J.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

This is a child custody case. Of the marriage between plaintiff and defendant in 1969, two minor daughters were born. They are now respectively four and five years of age.

On May 22, 1970, the husband secured a judgment of separation from the wife on the grounds of abandonment, but provisional custody of the children was awarded to the wife, LSA-C.C. Article 146.

On October 29, 1971, the husband secured a judgment of divorce on the...

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