LEWIS v. LEWIS

No. 81-C-1082.

404 So.2d 1230 (1981)

Carolyn Ann Shockley LEWIS v. Robert Lee LEWIS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glynn W. Reynolds, Alexandria, for plaintiff-applicant.

James C. Downs, of Downs & Downs, Alexandria, for defendant-respondent.


DENNIS, Justice.

This case, here on certiorari to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, presents an important question under the Full Faith and Credit Clause and state law. It is whether a Louisiana decree in a separation proceeding awarding plaintiff $100 per month alimony pendente lite and $375 per month child support survived a Texas divorce decree which was subsequently granted to the defendant.

The parties were married in 1964 and lived together in Louisiana...

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