In Re: Succession of Jack Johnson, Jr.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

IN RE: SUCCESSION OF JACK NO. 2021 CW 0480
JOHNSON, JR.
JUNE 21, 2021

In Re: Alonzina M. Johnson, applying for writs,
supervisory
32nd Judicial District Court, Parish of Terrebonne,
No. 24492.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, McDONALD, AND McCLENDON, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. The portion of

the trial court' s December 14, 2020 judgment which awarded

attorneys' fees in the amount of $ 5, 000 to Qiana Wilson Bynum
and against Alonzina Johnson is vacated. It is unclear which
provision of law the trial court was relying on to award such

attorneys' fees, and no evidence was introduced to support the
amount We
of such award.
deny the writ in all other respects.

Futhermore, we note that a direct action is required to annul a

testament. La. Code Civ. P. art. 2931. The prescriptive period
for an action to annul a testament is five years. La. Civ. Code
art. 3497.

JMG
JMM

PMC

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT