§ 11-112. Authority of court in certain cases of insanity

   When granting a limited divorce, an absolute divorce, or an annulment, if the court finds from the testimony of 2 or more physicians competent in psychiatry that 1 of the parties is permanently and incurably insane with no hope of recovery, then, notwithstanding any agreement between the parties, the court may require a party to:

   (1) pay alimony or support for the benefit of the insane party;

   (2) pay a lump sum, based on the life expectancy of the insane party and the financial condition of the other party, together with the insane party's reasonable funeral expenses; or

   (3) give bond to this State conditioned on the payment for:

      (i) the care and support of the insane party for the rest of the insane party's life; and

      (ii) the insane party's reasonable funeral expenses.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 26A; 1984, ch. 296, § 2; 1992, ch. 514, § 1.