GAUTREAUX v. ALLEN

No. 11176.

345 So.2d 103 (1977)

Janet GAUTREAUX v. Edward Thomas ALLEN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

March 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Menville, Houma, for plaintiff-appellee.

Joe H. Dixon, Jr. and Bernard E. Boudreaux, Jr., Bauer, Darnall, McNulty & Boudreaux, Franklin, for defendant-appellant.

Before LANDRY, EDWARDS and COLE, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

This suit arises from a habeas corpus proceeding brought by the mother of a child against the child's biological father. The district court granted custody of the child to the mother. The father appeals.

Plaintiff-appellee, Janet Gautreaux, was married to Jimmy Wade Lucas on February 20, 1965. In late 1968 or early 1969, the plaintiff physically separated from Lucas. Shortly thereafter she began living with Edward Thomas Allen, the defendant-appellant...

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