CAGE v. CAGE

No. 99 CA 2072.

809 So.2d 144 (2000)

Linda W. CAGE v. Christopher CAGE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

September 22, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara G. Baier, E. Wade Shows, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff—Appellant —Linda W. Cage.

Christopher Cage, Baton Rouge, Pro Se.

Before: FOIL, FITZSIMMONS, and JULIEN, JJ.


FITZSIMMONS, Judge.

The singular issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court is endowed with the discretion to cast an indigent plaintiff/appellant with a portion of the costs of litigation, when she had been granted a judgment of divorce by default. We reverse the trial court's allocation of costs.

Linda W. Cage filed a petition for divorce from her husband, Christopher Cage, on the grounds that they had continuously lived separate and apart...

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