DAVIS v. DAVIS

No. 92-CA-308.

606 So.2d 575 (1992)

Sherri Turner DAVIS v. William Jay DAVIS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

September 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy M. Harris, Women's Legal Center, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellant.

Pat M. Franz, Metairie, for defendant/appellee.

Before GRISBAUM, WICKER and GOTHARD, JJ.


GOTHARD, Judge.

In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether Louisiana has jurisdiction over a child custody dispute. We find that it does not. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court judgment which maintained the father's exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

According to facts gleaned from the pleadings and testimony contained in the record, the parties obtained a divorce in St. Tammany Parish...

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