STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT DARREN PATRICK GAUNT NO. 2019 CW 0830

VERSUS

ADRIENNE DEROUEN GAUNT OCT 2 9 2019

In Re: Adrienne Derouen Gaunt, applying for supervisory writs, 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 2018- 13894.

BEFORE: MCDONALD, HIGGINBOTHAM, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court' s April 8, 2019 judgment denying the Motion to Dismiss filed by Defendant, Adrienne Derouen Gaunt, is vacated. A request for involuntary dismissal for failure to request service within the time prescribed by La. Code Civ. P. art. 1201( 0) requires a contradictory motion pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 1672 ( C) .

This matter is hereby remanded to the district court with instruction to conduct a contradictory hearing as mandated by La. Code Civ. P. art. 1672( 0).

JMM TMH WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DEPUTY CL RK OF COURT FOR THE COURT