MOORE v. MOORE

No. 90-1033.

596 So.2d 252 (1992)

Edna Adler MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ottis Medford MOORE; Amoco Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ballay & Braud, Charles J. Ballay, Cynthia Davidson, Belle Chasse, Wm. J. Gearheard, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ottis M. Moore, in pr. per.

Joseph A. Koury, Samuel D. Abraham, Lafayette, for Ottis Moore.

Before GUIDRY, J., and CULPEPPER and MARCANTEL, JJ. Pro Tem.


WILLIAM A. CULPEPPER, Judge Pro Tem.

This case involves a divorced wife's claim to an interest in the husband's pension benefits. The trial court refused to apply the Sims v. Sims, 358 So.2d 919 (La.1978) formula and accepted instead the valuation by the husband's expert "pension consultant." The award to the wife is $15,805.62. The wife appeals.

The wife contends the Sims formula must be rigidly applied, resulting...

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