Perkins v. Vega

554 So.2d 787 (1989)

Edith A. PERKINS

v.

Rick H. VEGA.

No. 89-CA-418.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1989.

Writ Denied February 23, 1990.

Raymond C. Burkart, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Ernest A. Burguieres, III, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before GAUDIN, GRISBAUM and WICKER, JJ.

GAUDIN, Judge.

This appeal is concerned with the burden of proof required by a plaintiff in a paternity proceeding. Edith A. Perkins petitioned to have Rick H. Vega named the father of her nine-year-old son. She did not succeed because the trial judge found that she "... failed…