Art. 3943.Appeal From Judgment Awarding, Modifying, Or Denying Custody, Visitation, Or Support

Article 3943 borrows its appeal delay directly from Article 3942: thirty days from the date fixed under Article 2087(A). The delay is identical whether the judgment on appeal awarded, modified, or denied custody, visitation, or support, so a parent challenging any of those outcomes works within the same window that governs an appeal of the divorce or annulment ruling itself.

What Article 3943 changes is the effect of filing that appeal. An appeal under this article does not suspend execution of the judgment. The custody, visitation, or support arrangement the trial court ordered stays in force and enforceable while the appellate court reviews it, rather than being placed on hold the way the divorce and community-property determinations are under Article 3942.

The practical result is that a single judgment addressing both the divorce and the children's or spouse's ongoing needs can proceed on two different tracks during an appeal: the marital-status and property portions frozen under Article 3942, while the custody, visitation, and support portions in the same judgment remain executory and enforceable under Article 3943.