FINNERTY v. BOYETT

No. 16781-CA.

469 So.2d 287 (1985)

John FINNERTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janet Turner BOYETT, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Waddell, Irvin & Thomas by Robert P. Waddell, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Eugene Golden, Shreveport, for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr., SEXTON, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.


HALL, Judge.

The central issue presented is whether a person, who alleges he is the biological father of a child born during the marriage of the child's mother to another man, has a right of action to establish his paternity for the purpose of seeking visitation when his child is presumed under LSA-C.C. Art. 184 to be the child of the mother's husband. In the present case, the trial court answered this question in the negative...

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