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change of circumstance rule in Louisiana

5 Louisiana opinions name it 1 courts 1989–1999 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Louisiana courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Matter of Spencegreen
lactapp · 1992 · cited in 1 Louisiana opinions naming this issue, 1994–1994
1 sentence

1994Matter of Spence, 600 So.2d 782, 784 (La.App. 5th Cir.1992).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Louisiana. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Hanks v. Hanks neutral
lactapp · 1988
2 sentences

1995See: Hanks v. Hanks, 527 So.2d 32 (La.

1989See: Hanks v. Hanks, 527 So.2d 32 (La.App. 3 Cir.1988); Heausler v. Heausler, 466 So.2d 793 (La.App. 4 Cir.1985); Cox v. Cox, 428 So.2d 1247 (La.

21989–1995
Bergeron v. Bergeron green
la · 1986
2 sentences

1999Bergeron, supra. The Bergeron court emphasized in addition to the change of circumstance rule, the heavy burden of proof also applied to change of custody.

1999When a trial court has made a considered decree of permanent custody the party seeking a change bears a heavy burden of proving that the continuation of the present custody is so deleterious to the child as to justify a modification of the custody decree, or of proving by clear and convincing evidence that the harm likely to be caused by a change of environment is substantially outweighed by its advantages to the child. 492 So.2d at 1200 .

11999–1999
Reynolds v. Reynolds neutral
lactapp · 1989
1 sentence

1995In Reynolds v. Reynolds, 548 So.2d 64 (La.App. 3 Cir.1989), this court found that the fact that a mother left her ten year old child alone for short periods of time was not enough, in itself, to satisfy the change of circumstance rule enunciated in Bergeron and award custody to the father.

11995–1995
Cox v. Cox neutral
lactapp · 1983
1 sentence

1989See: Hanks v. Hanks, 527 So.2d 32 (La.App. 3 Cir.1988); Heausler v. Heausler, 466 So.2d 793 (La.App. 4 Cir.1985); Cox v. Cox, 428 So.2d 1247 (La.

11989–1989
Siegmund v. Heausler neutral
lactapp · 1985
1 sentence

1989See: Hanks v. Hanks, 527 So.2d 32 (La.App. 3 Cir.1988); Heausler v. Heausler, 466 So.2d 793 (La.App. 4 Cir.1985); Cox v. Cox, 428 So.2d 1247 (La.

11989–1989

Where else courts name it

OR 6 (1977–1978) CA 5 (1956–2025) LA 5 (1989–1999)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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