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SUTTERFIELD v. SUTTERFIELD

No. 8574.

354 So.2d 707 (1978)

Karen Anne Krupp, wife of James R. SUTTERFIELD v. James R. SUTTERFIELD.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1978.

Writ Refused April 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Satterlee, Mestayer & Freeman, A. D. Freeman, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sutterfield & Vickery, James R. Sutterfield, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and DUPLANTIER, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

The sole issue confronting us is whether a divorced wife, who has been granted custody of minor children, is entitled to receive from her divorced husband attorney's fees incurred in connection with the successful dismissal of the husband's rule for a change of custody.

In dismissing the rule for attorney's fees, the trial judge said:

"There is no basis in law which this Court can find, which would allow it to assess attorney's fees...

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