GORHAM v. GORHAM

No. 11713.

354 So.2d 655 (1977)

Alden Burr GORHAM, Jr. v. Margaret Jones GORHAM.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Chopin and Jeanne M. Roques, Slidell, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas S. Derveloy, Jr., Covington, for defendant-appellee.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and PONDER, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff appealed from the denial of a change of custody of a minor child.

The issues are the burden to be borne by one seeking a change of custody; the claimed abuse of the court's discretion and the constitutionality of the maternal preference rule.

We affirm.

The defendant was awarded custody of the minor children in a divorce granted in Florida. Only one child, now eight years old, is involved in these proceedings, the others...

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