Florent v. Florent’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Thus where a judicial separation is decreed, as caused by the fault of one spouse or the other, such fault as judicially determined to be the cause of the separation is normally determinative of the issue of whether the husband or the wife is not a fault, for the purpose of deciding whether the wife is entitled to alimony under Article 160. Such a conclusion is, of course, separation fault, such as adultery; for the sole effect of the separation judgment is a conclusive adjudication as to which spouse's pre-separation fault primarily caused the separation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lauro v. Lauro

2. “"Such a conclusion is, of course, not applicable if the divorce is sought for post-separation fault, such as adultery; for the sole effect of the separation judgment is a conclusive adjudication as to which spouse's pre-separation fault primarily caused the separation."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 596 So. 2d 286 - Kelly v. Kelly

3. “any judgment which is just, legal, and proper upon the record on appeal”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 485 So. 2d 514 - Keys v. Mercy Hosp. of New Orleans