Court Opinion

ID: 9663785
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:50:41.279061+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:56.467322
License: Public Domain

KUHN, J.,
concurring.
hi write separately to point out that trial judges often are amenable to informal resolution of perfunctory matters to avoid the expenses associated with litigation. But where counsel for one of the litigants complains about a lack of a contradictory hearing and the record does not contain the *1000formal evidentiary support, technically, the matter is correctly remanded for a hearing. Logically, at the hearing, all that is needed to satisfy appellant’s request to collect arrearages is to calculate the amount owed, the amount paid, and determine the difference, if any.
Additionally, I remind counsel that the language used in a brief shall be courteous and free from insulting, abusive, discourteous matter or criticism of any court or judge. See La. URCA Rule 2-12.4. A violation of La. URCA Rule 2-12.4 can subject the author to punishment for contempt of court and to having such brief returned. Personally attacking a trial judge by use of insulting and discourteous criticism is not helpful to either the court or to the attorney’s client.