ROBINSON v. ROBINSON

No. 17904-CA.

490 So.2d 688 (1986)

Jeff Russell ROBINSON, Defendant in Rule-Appellee, v. Karen Chestnut ROBINSON, Plaintiff in Rule-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1986.

Stay Order Vacated; Writ Denied September 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyler & Johnson by D.G. Tyler, Shreveport, for plaintiff in rule-appellant.

Bethard & Davis by Robert E. Bethard, Coushatta, for defendant in rule-appellee.

Before MARVIN, FRED W. JONES, Jr. and NORRIS, JJ.


FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The mother appealed a judgment awarding sole custody of her four year old daughter to the father. We find the statutory presumption in favor of joint custody has not been rebutted and reverse; render judgment decreeing joint custody; and remand the case with instructions.

The parents were married in 1980 and the child was born in 1981. The couple lived in Coushatta with the father's parents until their separation in 1983 when the...

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