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SPINOSA v. SPINOSA

Nos. 2005-C-1935, 2005-C-1940.

934 So.2d 35 (2006)

Chanda Jan Covington SPINOSA v. Joseph Thomas SPINOSA.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 6, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Balhoff & McCollister, Brent J. Bourgeois, Jon K. Parsons, Baton Rouge, for Applicant (No. 2005-C-1935).

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Paul M. Hebert, Jr., Michael P. Fruge', Baton Rouge; Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, Robert C. Lowe, New Orleans; Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, John C. Miller, Jennifer A. Hataway, Baton Rouge, Charles W. Belsom, Jr., for Respondent (No. 2005-C-1935).

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Paul M. Hebert, Jr., Michael P. Fruge', Baton Rouge; Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, Robert C. Lowe, New Orleans, for Applicant (No. 2005-C-1940).

Balhoff & McCollister, Brent J. Bourgeois, Jon K. Parsons, Baton Rouge; Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, John C. Miller, Jennifer A. Hataway, Baton Rouge, Charles W. Belsom, Jr., for Respondent (No. 2005-C-1940).

CALOGERO, Chief Justice.*

In this case, we must decide whether the Family Court of East Baton Rouge Parish has subject-matter jurisdiction to decide issues arising from a former wife's petition to partition community property. The subject-matter jurisdiction question arises from two unusual circumstances. First, the former wife's petition to partition community property names as a defendant, in addition to her former husband, a trust settled...

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