WEST v. ORTEGO

No. 56232.

325 So.2d 242 (1975)

Glenda Faye WEST v. Herman Wayne ORTEGO.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston N. Aucoin, Villa Platte, for plaintiff-applicant.

J. Winston Ardoin, DeVillier, Ardoin & Morrow, Eunice, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

The issue before us in this case is whether workmen's compensation benefits received by a husband subsequent to dissolution of the community of acquets and gains, and representing post-injury benefits for the periods both before and after dissolution of the community, fall into the previously existent marital community.

We granted writs in this case to clarify the jurisprudence in this area.

The facts of the case are undisputed....

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