MAHLEN v. MAHLEN

No. 14972.

420 So.2d 509 (1982)

Terry Lynn MAHLEN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rhonda Renee Duggan MAHLEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Hall, Shreveport, for defendant-appellant.

Love, Rigby, Dehan, Love & McDaniel by Samuel P. Love, Jr., Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MARVIN, JASPER E. JONES, and FRED W. JONES, JJ.


MARVIN, Judge.

From a judgment awarding a legal separation on the grounds of mutual fault, the wife appeals, contending that she was not guilty of fault which would constitute an independent ground for separation and that she should have been awarded judgment because of the husband's abandonment.

From the husband's own testimony, we readily find that he abandoned his wife without cause. CC 138(5), CC 143. Quinn v. Quinn, 412 So.2d 649...

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