GIBSON v. GIBSON

No. 82-592.

429 So.2d 877 (1983)

Gary Wade GIBSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Katherine Shank GIBSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Cosenza, Leesville, for defendantappellant.

F. Clay Tillman, Jr., Leesville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before STOKER, DOUCET and YELVERTON, JJ.


DOUCET, Judge.

Appellant seeks to have the judgment of the trial court, awarding custody of the minor child to her former husband, declared a nullity, arguing that the trial court was without jurisdiction. We agree and reverse.

A short procedural history of the case is as follows. On January 27, 1982, the trial court heard a rule for custody incidental to a petition for divorce initiated by Plaintiff-Appellee, Gary Wade Gibson. Defendant-Appellant, a non-resident...

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