WATERMEIER v. WATERMEIER

No. 85-C-1.

462 So.2d 1272 (1985)

Olga Marie Stone WATERMEIER v. John Joseph WATERMEIER, III. In re John J. WATERMEIER, III.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

January 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl J. Carimi, Gretna, for relator.

Robert C. Lowe, New Orleans, for respondent.

Before CHEHARDY, KLIEBERT and BOWES, JJ.


BOWES, Judge.

The issue raised in this application for writs is whether or not, in a custody hearing, the trial judge has the right or discretion to interview in chambers, and without a record being made, over the objection of counsel for one of the parties (in this case the relator/father), a child, aged 5 years 7 months, who has thus far been in the custody of his mother. We hold that he does not, but the child may be interviewed in chambers on the record with both...

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