La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3942
This is the official text of La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3942, part of Louisiana’s Code of Civil Procedure — sets the procedural rules for civil lawsuits in Louisiana courts.
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Appeal from judgment granting or refusing annulment or divorce
Official statutory text
A. An appeal from a judgment granting or refusing an annulment of marriage or a divorce can be taken only within thirty days from the applicable date provided in Article 2087(A).
B. Such an appeal shall suspend the execution of the judgment insofar as the judgment relates to the annulment, divorce, or any partition of community property or settlement of claims arising from the matrimonial regime.
Acts 1986, No. 225, §2; Acts 1990, No. 1009, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
B. Such an appeal shall suspend the execution of the judgment insofar as the judgment relates to the annulment, divorce, or any partition of community property or settlement of claims arising from the matrimonial regime.
Acts 1986, No. 225, §2; Acts 1990, No. 1009, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.
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