CC 230 - Scope of alimentary obligation - Louisiana Statutes

Art. 230. Scope of alimentary obligation

A. By alimony we understand what is necessary for the nourishment, lodging, and support of the person who claims it.

B.(1) It includes the education, when the person to whom the alimony is due is a minor, or when the person to whom alimony is due is a major who is a full-time student in good standing in a secondary school, has not attained the age of nineteen, and is dependent upon either parent.

(2) It includes the education, when the person to whom the alimony is due has not attained the age of twenty-two and has a developmental disability as defined in R.S. 28:381.

Acts 1985, No. 173, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1014, §1; Acts 2001, No. 408, §1.