TANNEHILL v. TANNEHILL

No. 51539.

261 So.2d 619 (1972)

261 La. 933

Theodore L. TANNEHILL, Jr. v. Estelle Scott Southerland TANNEHILL et al. Estelle Scott TANNEHILL v. Theodore L. TANNEHILL, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 1, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Provosty & Sadler, Richard B. Sadler, Jr., Wilkins, Robertson & Ledbetter, Richard B. Wilkins, Jr., Alexandria, for plaintiff-applicant & defendant-applicant.

Holt, Wagner & Lee, Richard E. Lee, Pineville, Gist, Methvin & Trimble, David A. Hughes, Alexandria, for defendant-respondent & plaintiff-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

In these consolidated actions Theodore L. Tannehill, Jr. seeks to establish judicially that he is not the father of Scott, the child born to Estelle Scott Southerland Tannehill.

One of the suits is an action en desaveu. The other is a separation suit by the wife in which disavowal is sought in a reconventional demand.

The child was born during the existence of a marriage between Theodore and Estelle. To avoid the presumption...

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