PICKETT v. PICKETT

Nos. 14172, 14205.

385 So.2d 892 (1980)

Judy Carol PICKETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy Layne PICKETT, Defendant-Appellant. Roy Layne PICKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Judy Bamburg PICKETT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

June 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ford E. Stinson, Jr., Benton, for defendant/plaintiff-appellant Roy Layne Pickett.

Freeman & Hall by J. Stacey Freeman, Shreveport, for plaintiff/defendant-appellee Judy Bamburg Pickett.

Before PRICE, HALL and JASPER E. JONES, JJ.


PRICE, Judge.

In these consolidated cases both parents sought custody of their six-year-old girl. The court awarded custody to the mother and granted her $250 per month child support, with an increase to $300 effective January 1, 1980. The father appeals and we amend the judgment to delete the January 1, 1980, increase and otherwise affirm.

The father's primary contention is that the trial court erred in not finding the mother unfit to have custody of her...

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