TALBERT v. SCOTT

No. 83-CA-0819.

451 So.2d 1304 (1984)

Kim Diane TALBERT et al. v. Ora Lee (Lea) SCOTT, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

June 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Vinet, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John G. Morgan, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and ALFORD, JJ.


EDWARDS, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether the plaintiffs' filiation action under LSA-C.C. art. 209, filed within the second grace period provided in Act 720 of 1981, is timely or not.

Charles Donahue died intestate on April 19, 1982. Five months later, on September 10, 1982, Denise Talbert, then twenty-one years old, and her younger sister Kim, who turned nineteen on June 13, 1982, filed suit against Ora Lea Scott, Charles' mother and sole legitimate...

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