GIROUARD v. HALPIN

No. 6856.

368 So.2d 1139 (1979)

Clarence GIROUARD, Jr., Respondent-in-Rule and Appellee, v. Elizabeth Ann HALPIN, Plaintiff-in-Rule and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. Corne, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

John Rixie Mouton, Lafayette, Thompson & Perrin, Donald D. Landry, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, FORET and DOUCET, JJ.


CULPEPPER, Judge.

The plaintiff-in-rule, Elizabeth Ann Halpin, filed this summary proceeding alleging that she is the mother of the minor child, Brett Louis Halpin, who is presently in the custody of the defendant, Clarence Girouard, Jr., under a prior district court judgment. She prayed that she be awarded custody. After a hearing on the rule to show cause, the district judge held that the district court did have jurisdiction in the previous suit by Girouard, a non...

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