Case ID: so2d_609/html/0830-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "PER CURIAM. LEMMON, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

John F. KLEES, III v. Gladys Pertuit KLEES.
    No. 92-CC-2961.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Dec. 22, 1992.
    Stay Order Recalled; Rehearing Denied Jan. 29, 1993.
   PER CURIAM.

The parties' consent judgment provides that “John F. Klees, shall pay Gladys P. Klees Louisiana Civil Code Article 160 permanent, periodic alimony, which is contractual ... for a period of thirty six (36) months.... The parties agree and IT IS ORDERED that there shall be no increases or decreases [in the monthly payments of] permanent, periodic alimony under any at all circumstances.” The court of appeal erred in concluding that under the consent judgment Mr. Klees’ contractual obligation for alimony was governed by the conditions of La.Civ.Code art. 160, including termination upon remarriage. The consent judgment is clear. Mr. Klees is contractually obligated to pay permanent, periodic alimony for thirty-six months without qualification. The consent judgment’s reference to article 160 was merely intended to describe the type of alimony Mr. Klees had agreed to pay, i.e., permanent, periodic alimony as opposed to alimony pendente lite. This reference was not intended to qualify his contractual obligation. The court of appeal erred in holding otherwise. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeal is vacated and set aside and the judgment of the trial court dismissing Mr. Klees’ motion to terminate alimony is reinstated.

LEMMON, J.,

concurs. Although alimony pendente lite was not an option at the time of the consent judgment, the reference to “Article 160 permanent, periodic alimony” was still a descriptive term as to type of alimony rather than a substantive term requiring termination upon remarriage.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ. 
      
      . Article 160 was redesignated as Article 112 pursuant to Acts 1990, No. 1008, § 8, and Acts 1990, No, 1009, § 10, effective January 1, 1991.