ARD v. ARD

No. 93-470.

628 So.2d 1221 (1993)

Randi ARD; State of Louisiana, Department of Social Service, Office of Support Enforcement, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gordon L. ARD, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randi Ard, pro se.

Jo B. Chandler, Lafayette, for Gordon L. Ard.

Dennis Ray Bundick, Abbeville, for the State, Dept. of Social Service.

Before DOUCET, YELVERTON and WOODARD, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

When a trial judge has made a considered decree of permanent custody, the party seeking a change bears a heavy burden of proving that the continuation of the present custody is so deleterious to the child as to justify a modification of the custody decree, or of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the harm likely to be caused by a change of environment is substantially outweighed by its advantages to the child. Bergeron v. Bergeron,...

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