CHAPA v. CHAPA

No. CA 84 0678.

471 So.2d 986 (1985)

Jesse M. CHAPA, Jr. v. Rose Marie CHAPA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart R. Thomson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Jesse M. Chapa, Jr.

Sylvia Roberts, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

Before COLE, CARTER and LANIER, JJ.


COLE, Judge.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the alleged failure of an attorney to comply with the instructions of the nonresident defendant he was appointed to represent provides a basis for setting aside a judgment which is valid in all other respects.

Appellant, Rose Marie Chapa, and appellee, Jesse M. Chapa, Jr., were married on April 22, 1966 in Juneau, Alaska and physically separated on April 1, 1981 in Prince William County, Virginia....

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