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SHANKLIN v. SHANKLIN

No. 12771.

376 So.2d 1036 (1979)

Roosevelt SHANKLIN v. Winetta Louise SHANKLIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry P. Boudreaux, Thibodaux, for defendant and appellant.

John T. Bourgeois, Thibodaux, for plaintiff and appellee.

Before COVINGTON, LOTTINGER and COLE, JJ.

COLE, Judge.

The issues presented in this appeal arise out of a contest for child custody between plaintiff-appellee, Roosevelt Shanklin, and his former wife, defendant-appellant, Winetta Louise Shanklin. The basic issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion in terminating the mother's temporary custody of the children and awarding to the father their permanent custody. Subordinate issues are whether the trial court erred in refusing to hold a hearing on...

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