FIKE v. FIKE

No. 98-171.

719 So.2d 716 (1998)

Jean M. McHenry FIKE, Plaintiff/Defendant in Reconvention—Appellee, v. J.E. FIKE, III, Defendant/Plaintiff in Reconvention—Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo B. Chandler, Susan Lorna Theall, Lafayette, for Jean M. McHenry Fike.

Richard J. Hymel, Lafayette, for J.E. Fike III.

Before YELVERTON, PETERS and AMY, JJ.


PETERS, Judge.

J.E. Fike III appeals the dismissal of his petition for divorce. His wife, Jean M. McHenry Fike, has answered the appeal, seeking attorney fees for frivolous appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court's judgment dismissing Mr. Fike's divorce action and we reject Mrs. Fike's request for attorney fees.

The litigants were married on April 8, 1969, and separated on July 3, 1991. On July 8, 1991, Mrs. Fike filed a petition for divorce...

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