STATE ON BEHALF OF JONES v. MALLET

No. 97-611.

704 So.2d 958 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana on Behalf of Ladawn Bostick JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Spencer MALLET, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn Jackson Sartin, Baton Rouge, for Spencer Mallet, Jr.

Cynthia Guillory, District Attorney's Office, for State.

Before SAUNDERS, PETERS and AMY, JJ.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

The question is whether the State is authorized to intervene in a child support case, even when the paying spouse is not delinquent and the recipient receives no public assistance concerning which the legislature has expressed a compelling interest. The trial court answered this question negatively. We reverse the trial court's finding in favor of defendant on the exception of no cause of action and remand so that the trial court can consider whether...

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