Case Name: J. Minos SIMON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Mary Cobb CALVERT, Defendant and Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1973-05-30
Citations: 278 So. 2d 792
Docket Number: No. 4180
Parties: J. Minos SIMON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Mary Cobb CALVERT, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 278
Pages: 792–792

Head Matter:
J. Minos SIMON, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Mary Cobb CALVERT, Defendant and Appellant.
No. 4180.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.
May 30, 1973.
Henri Loridans, Bossier City, and Koury Hill & Moss, by John K. Hill, Jr., Lafayette, for defendant and appellant.
John Rixie Mouton, Lafayette, for plaintiff and appellee.
Before HOOD, CULPEPPER and MILLER, JJ.

Opinion:
CULPEPPER, Judge.
The plaintiff father filed a rule against the defendant mother to show cause why a prior alimony judgment for the support of the minor children should not be suspended during the 30-day summer visitation period that the children will be with the father. After a trial, the district judge amended the prior judgment by reducing the child support from $600 to $100 per month during the 30 days that the children are with their father. The defendant mother appealed.
In his written reasons, the district judge stated:
"There is merit to the demands of the father. Items such as school tuition, books and supplies, school lunches, school transportation would not be incurred during the summer months. During the month that the children are visiting with their father, Mary Cobb would have no expenses of the children for food, milk, entertainment or drugs and toilet articles. The court is aware that certain expenses relative to the care of the children are continuous. The sum of $100.00 should be sufficient to take care of the continuing obligations."
In Wilson v. Wilson, 129 So.2d 61 (La.App. 3rd Cir. 1961), writ of certiorari denied, we recognized the right of the father to a suspension or reduction of child support during the time they visit with him. See also Williams v. Barnette, 226 La. 635, 76 So.2d 912 where our Supreme Court affirmed a similar award. Of course, this applies only to periods of visitation after the instant rule was filed.
We find the judgment of the district court in the present case is clearly correct.
For the reasons assigned, the judgment appealed is affirmed. All costs of this appeal are assessed against the defendant appellant.
Affirmed.