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SIBLEY v. SIBLEY

No. 97 CA 1912.

724 So.2d 275 (1998)

Sheldon Dwight SIBLEY v. Virganna Rae Weber SIBLEY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 28, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Fishbein, Baton Rouge, for Virganna Rae Weber Sibley Defendant-Appellant.

Donna Wright Lee, Baton Rouge, for Sheldon Dwight Sibley Plaintiff-Appellee.

BEFORE: SHORTESS, C.J., CARTER, LeBLANC, GONZALES, and GUIDRY, JJ.

SHORTESS, C.J.

Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure article 3954 provides that a divorce action instituted under Civil Code article 102 is abandoned if a rule to show cause is not filed within two years of the service of the original petition or execution of written waiver of service of the original petition. The res nova issue before us is whether this two-year period is subject to exceptions.

Sheldon Dwight Sibley (Sibley) filed suit for an article 102 divorce...

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