WELSH v. WELSH

No. 00-CA-1694.

783 So.2d 446 (2001)

Robert T. WELSH v. Doreen B. WELSH.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Fonte, Golden & Fonte, Metairie, for defendant-appellant.

Robert C. Lowe, David M. Prados, Lowe, Stein, Hoffman Allweiss & Hauver, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

(Court composed of Judges SOL GOTHARD, SUSAN M. CHEHARDY, and PATRICK M. SCHOTT, Pro Tempore).


PATRICK M. SCHOTT, J. Pro Tem.

Defendant, Doreen B. Welsh, has appealed from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for a divorce pursuant to La. C.C. art. 103. She contends that her 1977 marriage was equivalent to a "covenant marriage," which was not created by the legislature until 1997 and that constitutional principles of due process and equal protection entitle her to the same limitations on divorce as though she were technically a party to a covenant marriage. We...

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