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SONFIELD v. DELUCA

No. 10675.

377 So.2d 380 (1979)

Robert I. SONFIELD v. Anita DELUCA, wife of Robert I. Sonfield.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Riegel, Jr., Parlongue & Riegel, New Orleans, for plaintiff.

Gibson Tucker, Jr., Tucker & Schonekas, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before REDMANN, LEMMON and BOUTALL, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge.

Is an ex-wife without "sufficient means for her maintenance," and therefore entitled by La.C.C. 160 to permanent alimony indefinitely, when she owns a house worth (even net of mortgage) about twice the price of a reasonably comfortable house? On an ex-husband's appeal from a judgment refusing to terminate alimony, we answer that, but for the nonliquidity of that asset, the ex-wife does not lack sufficient means. We therefore order the termination of...

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