SCOTT v. VEAL

No. 97-1388.

710 So.2d 371 (1998)

Felecia SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earl James VEAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Dewey Register, Jr., Lafayette, for Felecia Scott.

Glen E. Smith, Gonzales, for Earl James Veal.

Before YELVERTON, SAUNDERS and PICKETT, JJ.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

Defendant, Earl James Veal, appeals an adverse judgment of the trial court denying his petition for declaratory relief concerning paternity. In doing so, the trial judge ruled that Mr. Veal was not entitled to a blood test in order to determine whether he was the biological father of plaintiff's minor son, whom he had previously acknowledged as his own. For the following reasons, we reverse.

FACTS

In August of 1993, Mr. Veal...

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