STATE v. NELSON

No. 91-C-1153.

587 So.2d 176 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Isaac NELSON, III.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Elizabeth P. Duffy, Paulette M. Holahan, Asst. Dist. Attys., Eric Mountin, Law Clerk, New Orleans, for the State.

Luttie Wheat, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendant.

Before BARRY, WILLIAMS and PLOTKIN, JJ.


PLOTKIN, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether a criminal conviction and incarceration is a legal ground to annull child support payments. This circuit has previously held, as did our brethren in the Third Circuit, that a party is not relieved of the obligation to pay child support when the inability to pay results from imprisonment. Salazar v. Salazar, 582 So.2d 374 (La...

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