IN RE SUCCESSION OF YOUNG

No. 98 CA 1073.

732 So.2d 833 (1999)

SUCCESSION OF Whitty YOUNG, Jr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 14, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald N. Torry, Alexandria. and Sidney W. Hall, Baton Rouge, for Movers-Appellants Richard Whitaker and Danny Whitaker.

Robert O. Butler, St. Francisville, for Succession-Appellee, Carrie D. Young.

Before: CARTER, C.J., SHORTESS, J. and de la HOUSSAYE, J. pro tempore.


de la HOUSSAYE, J.

This case presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the one year grace period provided by La. Acts 1981, No. 720, Section 2, which allowed those illegitimate children, who would otherwise be barred from establishing filiation by the enactment of LSA-C.C. art. 209, to bring a filiation action within one year after the September 11, 1981, effective date of La. Acts 1981, No. 720.

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