Babin v. Babin’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Alimony pendente lite arises from the obligation of one spouse to support the other during the pendency of the marriage, as set out in C.C. 119 and 120. Holliday v. Holliday, 358 So.2d 618, 620 (La.1978). It does not depend on the merits of the suit for separation or divorce, or upon the actual or prospective outcome of the suit. Holliday v. Holli-day, supra. As such, this support does not terminate until a final divorce. Golson v. Golson, 351 So.2d 100, 101 (La. 1977). In this sense, “final divorce” properly must be understood as a definitive judgment of divorce. A definitive judgment is one that has acquired the authority of the thing adjudged. C.C.P. 1842. Cassidy v. Cassidy, supra, at 85.”

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   e.g. Russell v. Russell