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SPEIGHTS v. ROCKWOOD

No. 83-653.

451 So.2d 1275 (1984)

Howard F. SPEIGHTS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Laurie P. Speights ROCKWOOD, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Cosenza of Cosenza & Reid, Leesville, for plaintiff-appellant.

F. Clay Tillman, Jr. of Tillman & Fontenot, Leesville, for defendant-appellee.

Before CUTRER, YELVERTON and KNOLL, JJ.

KNOLL, Judge.

This is a child custody case. The divorced father, a non-resident of Louisiana, appeals from a judgment awarding custody of his minor son to the mother, a resident of Louisiana. The father maintains that under LSA-R.S. 13:1700 et seq., the Louisiana court should have given full faith and credit to an earlier Texas decree awarding custody to him.

FACTS

Howard F. Speights, Jr., and Laurie P. Speights Rockwood were married in Clayton County...

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