WATTIGNY v. WATTIGNY

No. 8296.

402 So.2d 776 (1981)

Phyllis WATTIGNY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert WATTIGNY, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

July 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wattigny, Jeanerette, for defendant-appellant.

Mouton, Roy, Carmouch, Bivens & Kraft, Wayne Shullaw, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, STOKER and LABORDE, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

This case presents for review the question: May a wife, judicially separated from her husband in 1979, exercise the right to renounce the community of acquets and gains (and thereby escape the liabilities of the community) subsequent to the repeal of Article 2410 of the Louisiana Civil Code? This provision of law, repealed effective January 1, 1980, provided:

"Both the wife and her heirs or assigns have the privilege of being able to exonerate...

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