ST. PHILIP v. MONTALBANO

No. 2012-CA-1090.

108 So.3d 277 (2013)

Tina Katherine ST. PHILIP as the Natural Tutrix of the Minor Child, Luke Thomas St. Philip v. Jeffrey Bryan MONTALBANO.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

January 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerri G. Smitko , Jacques A. Beebe , Catherine R. Gauthier , Smitko Law, APLC, Houma, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Eric A. Bopp , Edward S. Bopp , A Law Corporation, Mandeville, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY, III, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge ROSEMARY LEDET).


ROSEMARY LEDET, Judge.

This is a child custody dispute. The narrow issue presented is whether the trial court erred in stating in the judgment that the minor child could, in the future, make the decision on whether he would like to change his surname. For the reasons that follow, we find no error in the trial court's judgment and affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In August 2008, Tina St. Philip filed a Petition and Rule for Child Custody...

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