SPENCER v. SPENCER

No. 84-488.

472 So.2d 302 (1985)

Patricia Warlick SPENCER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward A. SPENCER, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

June 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breazeale, Sachse and Wilson, Robert L. Atkinson, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack Paul Showers, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, STOKER and DOUCET, JJ.


STOKER, Judge.

Must an agreement between husband and wife providing for the payment of alimony, entered into prior to divorce, require judicial sanction, approval or confirmation in order to be enforceable? That is the primary substantive question in this appeal. The appeal also presents an evidentiary question concerning proof of the agreement, particularly admission of a copy of the written agreement.

Plaintiff, Patricia Warlick Spencer, brings this action...

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