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Date Created: 2023-07-18 20:06:05.696672+00
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KATHLEEN          DAVISON                                                                          NO.           2023     CW        0394

VERSUS

PAUL ADKINS             DAVISON,           III                                                          JULY         18,        2023

In    Re:          Kathleen             Davison,           applying             for rehearing,                      Family Court
                   in        and        for         the        Parish           of      East           Baton         Rouge,            No.
                   169, 757.

BEFORE:            THERIOT,          WOLFE,              AND MILLER,              JJ.

            WRIT        GRANTED          WITH            ORDER.            On     March           6,        2023,         the       trial
court        signed            a     written               judgment             in       this          matter             rendering
judgment          on     various           pleadings              filed by              the       parties
                                                                                                                     following              a
February          6,     2023       trial           on    the    merits.                In    particular,                 the       March
6,    2023       judgment            set       child           support          arrearages                  owed     by        Paul        A.
Davison,          III (" Paul")                in    the       amount        of $       66, 257. 18 as of February
28,     2023,          and   made         that           sum
                                                          executory.                         However,              the     March           6,
2023        judgment           did        not        render  judgment                        on        claims            raised            by
relator,          Kathleen              Davison ("              Kathleen"),                  in    her           reconventional
demand        filed          on      April           12,        2022.                Kathleen' s                 reconventional
demand       alleges               Paul        failed            to        make       an      equalization                     payment
pursuant         to     an    August           6,    2012        partition              judgment,             and     this          claim
appears         factually               related            to     the       calculation                  of        Paul' s          child
support       arrearages.                       Furthermore,                 the        February              6,     2023           trial
transcript              indicates              that       the        trial        court           heard          evidence            from
both        parties                                        Kathleen' s
                                   regarding                                            reconventional                         demand.
Therefore,             we    find        the        trial        court          erred         by       failing            to    render
judgment          on        the      claims              alleged           in        Kathleen' s              reconventional
demand.           See        Smith        v.        White,        398       So. 2d         178 (       La.         App.        3d    Cir.
1981)       and        Smitherman,              Lunn,           Chastain &               Hill          v.     Killingsworth,
561     So. 2d     816 (       La.                   2d    Cir.
                                        App.                           1990) .             Accordingly,                   the       March
6,    2023    judgment             is     vacated,              and    this          matter        is       remanded            to    the
trial       court        for       rendition              of     a     judgment              addressing              all        claims
litigated              during        the                              6,     2023
                                                February                                     trial          on      the        merits,
including              those       set         forth        in        Kathleen             Davis' s           reconventional
demand.

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COURT OF APPEAL,                   FIRST       CIRCUIT

      DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
             FOR THE COURT