Court Opinion

ID: 9780265
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 01:43:19.288686+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:57:38.007737
License: Public Domain

GUIDRY, J.,
dissenting.
lU respectfully disagree with the majority’s finding that the Family Court for East Baton Rouge has jurisdiction over the partition proceeding filed in 2009, after the 2010 death of one of the party spouses. The present matter is an action for partition of community property. Accordingly, La. R.S. 13:1401(A)(2)(a) is applicable to the action, not La. R.S. 13:1401(A)(2)(c). The Family Court for East Baton Rouge Parish is a court of limited jurisdiction, with jurisdiction over partition actions between “spouses and former spouses” only. Because the partition of property in the present matter is no longer between a spouse and former spouse, the Family court for East Baton Rouge Parish lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the property partition between Rose McCann and the succession representative of the deceased former spouse/defendant.