Succession of Winters

|, DECUIR, Judge.

On November 19, 2001, Patrick Prejean filed a claim in the succession proceedings of Patrick Winters who died on November 22, 2000. Prejean contends he is the illegitimate son of Winters and has asserted a claim for a portion of his estate. The succession representative, Larry Winters, brother of the deceased, filed an exception of prescription in response to Prejean’s claim. Relying on the provisions of La. Civ.Code art. 209, the trial court main*1288tained the exception and dismissed Preje-an’s claim. We affirm.

Patrick Prejean was born on August 15, 1966 to Mary Jane Provost.…