STATE EX REL. RIVERA v. ROBLES

No. 97-484.

702 So.2d 1107 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. Eneth RIVERA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nelson R. ROBLES, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. "Sam" Jones, III, De Ridder, for Nelson R. Nobles.

David Wayne Burton, De Ridder, for State, ex rel. Rivera.

Before WOODARD, SULLIVAN and PICKETT, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

The State of Louisiana, on behalf of Eneth Rivera, appeals a judgment that dismissed as res judicata the second of two petitions filed under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Support Act (URESA), which act the legislature repealed and reenacted as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), effective January 1, 1996. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

Facts

On August 19, 1982, Eneth Rivera and Nelson R. Robles...

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