CLAUSEN v. CLAUSEN

No. 64492.

375 So.2d 1315 (1979)

Stephen Edward CLAUSEN v. Mary Louisa CLAUSEN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearings Denied November 1, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. F. Sockrider, Jr., Sockrider & Bolin, Shreveport, for plaintiff-applicant.

Kenneth Rigby, Love, Rigby, Dehan, Love & McDaniel, Shreveport, for defendant-respondent.


CALOGERO, Justice.

Plaintiff Stephen E. Clausen seeks post divorce alimony from his former wife, Mary Louisa Clausen. His request for alimony was denied by the district court which determined that Civil Code Article 160 (before its amendment by Act 72 of 1979) provided alimony for husbands, but that the plaintiff, while earning no money at that time, was able to work and provide his own means of support. In making that determination, the trial court acknowledged that...

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