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Cases of Interest: Louisiana
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Agreements (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
The husband was not entitled to reimbursement for his financial contributions to the wife's degree in nursing, where he earned nearly $2 million during the period in which she attended school and he did not expect to enjoy a higher standard of living upon her receipt of the degree.
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Classification of Assets (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
The husband was not entitled to reimbursement for his financial contributions to the wife's degree in nursing, where he earned nearly $2 million during the period in which she attended school and he did not expect to enjoy a higher standard of living upon her receipt of the degree.
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LOUISIANA: Ramsey v. Ramsey, 682 So. 2d 797 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
It was equitable to apportion the husband's personal injury settlement by classifying $450,000 as community property for loss of earnings and $300,000 as separate property for pain and suffering.
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Division of Property (full category)

LOUISIANA: Taylor v. Taylor, 772 So. 2d 891 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
The husband claimed that representations made by the wife during the divorce negotiations were false and thus the community property partition settlement agreement was lesionary.
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Factors in Award (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
The husband was not entitled to reimbursement for his financial contributions to the wife's degree in nursing, where he earned nearly $2 million during the period in which she attended school and he did not expect to enjoy a higher standard of living upon her receipt of the degree.
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Pensions (full category)

LOUISIANA: Blanchard v. Blanchard, 731 So. 2d 175 (La. 1999).
The trial court's property division awarding the wife her unmatured pension and awarding the husband the marital home was not equitable and must be reconsidered.
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Personal Injury Awards (full category)

LOUISIANA: Ramsey v. Ramsey, 682 So. 2d 797 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
It was equitable to apportion the husband's personal injury settlement by classifying $450,000 as community property for loss of earnings and $300,000 as separate property for pain and suffering.
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Professional Licenses and Degrees (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
The husband was not entitled to reimbursement for his financial contributions to the wife's degree in nursing, where he earned nearly $2 million during the period in which she attended school and he did not expect to enjoy a higher standard of living upon her receipt of the degree.
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Professional Practices (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
When valuing the husband's accounts receivable as part of his medical practice, it was necessary to take into account the husband's average historical rate of collection as well as state and federal income tax liability.
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Marital Home (full category)

LOUISIANA: Brehm v. Brehm, 762 So. 2d 1259 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
Is a home built with community funds on the husband's separate property community property?
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Military (full category)

LOUISIANA: Fricks v. Fricks, 771 So. 2d 790 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
The wife was entitled to a community share of the husband's military retirement benefits when the right to the benefits arose under the community property.
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Valuation of Property (full category)

LOUISIANA: Barrow v. Barrow, 669 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
When valuing the husband's accounts receivable as part of his medical practice, it was necessary to take into account the husband's average historical rate of collection as well as state and federal income tax liability.
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