PERKINS v. VEGA

No. 89-CA-418.

554 So.2d 787 (1989)

Edith A. PERKINS v. Rick H. VEGA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

Writ Denied February 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 to carry her burden ..."

On appeal, Ms. Perkins assigns three district court errors. She contends that the trial judge was wrong in (1) not finding that she had submitted sufficient...

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