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FALL v. FONTENOT

No. 4864.

307 So.2d 779 (1975)

Wyeanette Marie FALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lester J. FONTENOT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

February 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pucheu & Pucheu, by Jacque B. Pucheu, Eunice, for plaintiff-appellant.

Dischler, Tate & McManus, by Vernon C. McManus, Eunice, for defendant-appellee.

Before, HOOD, MILLER and WATSON, JJ.

WATSON, Judge.

This case presents squarely the question of whether the trial court may order a former wife to work rather than to award her alimony following divorce. A number of subsidiary issues are also presented under a factual framing which is as follows:

On March 13, 1974, Wyeanette Marie Fall obtained a judgment of final divorce against the defendant, Lester J. Fontenot, and he was ordered to pay the sum of $200

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