Member Admitted to Practice Before Nation’s Highest Court: Bowes, Petkovich & Palmer, LLC is pleased to announce that on June 8, 2023, Roy M. Bowes was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. After more than four decades of practicing law, Mr. Bowes was proud to stand in front of the Justices to be sworn in. He considers it to be one of his greatest honors. Mr. Bowes obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of New Orleans and graduated from Loyola Law School in 1979. He began his legal career serving as a judicial law clerk before going
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The Importance of Domiciliary Parent Status: Louisiana provides joint custody of children between the mother and father in most situations. Joint custody is presumed by the courts to be in the best interest of the children and is awarded regularly. Sole custody can be awarded but is much less common than joint custody in Louisiana unless there is an extenuating circumstance leading to the need for sole custody. While joint custody may be favored by the Louisiana court system, it does not mean, however, that both parents will exercise equal physical time with the children. In the majority of cases,
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Successions When a Legatee or Heir Dies: Successions are either intestate or testate. Intestate successions occur when there is no will, the will is invalid, or the will does not dispose of all the decedent’s property. Testate successions occur when there is a valid notarial or olographic will. An heir is a person who inherits property in an intestate succession. A legatee is a person who is bequeathed property in a testate succession. In Louisiana there are three ways to inherit: (1) in his or her own right, (2) via representation, or (3) via transmission. An heir inherits in his or her
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Contesting Intra-Family Adoption: There are many steps and tests required by law in contested adoption proceedings. These can mainly be found in the Louisiana Children’s Code, with which our firm is very familiar. The Louisiana Children’s Code was drafted to combine all the laws affecting juvenile court jurisdiction, resolve ambiguities, reconcile conflicting laws, ensure that statutory law accurately reflects settled case law and provide a single code containing procedural and substantive laws affecting juveniles. Some interesting concepts are articulated in these cases and may be useful in your case too: When a stepparent or parent with custody fails to cooperate with
Inheriting Mortgaged Property: In most instances, the estate debts must be fully paid during the succession proceedings. However, some debts such as mortgages are not easily paid in full. Clients often ask if they have to refinance when they inherit property with a mortgage. Heirs generally have a few options when inheriting mortgaged property. The property can be sold and the sale proceeds can pay off the mortgage. Other assets in the succession can be used to pay off the mortgage. The succession can be renounced, in which case the property will likely be foreclosed on if there are no
Reconciliation After Divorce: Per La. Civ. Code art. 104, “[t]he cause of action for divorce is extinguished by the reconciliation of the parties.” The concept of “reconciliation” can be thorny and confusing for a spouse who has filed for divorce. If you are in doubt as to what to do, where to reside, or how to interact with your spouse during the pendency of your divorce, it would be wise to retain counsel and discuss this issue with your attorney. Our family law attorneys are able to clearly and thoroughly advise you of the “dos and don’ts” of dealing with