THOMAS v. THOMAS

No. 13990.

400 So.2d 1120 (1981)

Shirley R. THOMAS v. Andrew THOMAS, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

April 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold J. Gibbs, Baton Rouge, counsel for plaintiff-appellant Shirley R. Thomas.

Alfred C. Williams, Baton Rouge, counsel for defendant-appellee, Andrew Thomas, Jr.

Before ELLIS, COLE and WATKINS, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The issues presented herein are whether or not the trial court acted properly in allowing the defendant-appellee a credit on his past due child support and in reducing a fee awarded plaintiff's attorney from $850.00 to $350.00. We find the court should not have allowed the credit but hold the reduction of the fee to be within the discretion of the court. We therefore reverse in part and affirm in part.

Plaintiff Shirley Thomas filed suit against...

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