Legal Opinion

L.J.D. v. M.V.S.

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided January 25, 2017No. 2016 CA 0008PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtHoldridge, J.

| .¿This appeal concerns a trial court judgment requiring a mother and her child to undergo paternity testing requested by an alleged biological father after the trial court overruled the mother and her husband’s exception of “prescription/peremption.” This Court also issued a rule to show cause as to whether the judgment is a final appealable judgment. For the following reasons, we maintain the appeal and reverse the trial court’s judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 2, 2015, plaintiff L.J.D.1 filed a “PETITION TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY,” naming as a defendant M.V.S., the mother of…

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