In re Succession of Bissic

HALL, Judge.

In this case filed in July 1980, an alleged acknowledged illegitimate child seeks to prove his filiation with the decedent who died in 1969 and to set aside a judgment of possession rendered in 1970 which recognized others as the legitimate children and sole heirs of the decedent. After trial, the trial court held that the decision in Succession of Brown, 388 So.2d 1151 (La.1980), affirming 379 So.2d 1172 (La.App. 2d Cir.1980), declaring LSA-C.C. Art. 919 unconstitutional should be applied prospectively only and that since plaintiff was excluded from inheriting from his parent who…