GORDY v. LANGNER

No. 86-188.

502 So.2d 583 (1987)

John Collins GORDY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Laura LANGNER, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied March 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marx and Marx, G. Paul Marx, Lafayette, for defendant-appellant.

Burke, Cestia, Landry and Lee, Ralph K. Lee, Jr., New Iberia, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DOUCET, LABORDE and KING, JJ.


KING, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred in awarding legal custody of a minor child to the child's maternal grandparents, rather than to the child's natural mother.

Laura Gordy Langner (hereinafter defendant) filed a rule for change of custody against her parents, John Collins Gordy and Beatrice Gordy (hereinafter the Gordys), ordering them to show cause why she should not be granted sole legal custody of her...

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