MEYLIAN v. MEYLIAN

No. 84-838.

478 So.2d 218 (1985)

James E. MEYLIAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Virginia MEYLIAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Trimble, Percy, Smith, Wilson, Foote, Walker & Honeycutt, Elizabeth E. Foote, Alexandria, for plaintiff-appellant.

James Downs, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before GUIDRY, STOKER and KING, JJ.


GUIDRY, Judge.

This is a custody dispute involving the parties' two minor children, Carmen and Mark, ages 9 and 12, respectively, at the time of hearing. The trial court awarded joint custody to both parents; nine months of physical custody to the mother and three months of physical custody to the father. The plaintiff, James Meylian, appeals urging that under the present law he should have been granted physical custody for a six month period each year. The defendant...

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