KINNETT v. KINNETT

NO. 17-CA-625.

355 So.3d 181 (2022)

Karen Cohen KINNETT v. Jarred Brandon KINNETT.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE, KAREN COHEN KINNETT, Allison K. Nestor , Leonard L. Levenson .

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE, JARRED BRANDON KINNETT, Jacqueline F. Maloney , Tracy G. Sheppard .

COUNSEL FOR INTERVENOR/APPELLANT, KEITH EDWARD ANDREWS, Thomas A. Robichaux , Stephanie A. Fratello , Sharon L. Andrews , Desiree M. Valenti .

COUNSEL FOR MINOR/APPELLEE, G. J. K., MINOR CHILD, Ramona G. Fernandez , and Tobie L. Tranchina , Supervising Attorneys, Loyola University New Orleans, College of Law, Victoria Barczyk , Student Practitioner, Sarah Skidmore , Student Practitioner, Olivia Holm , Student Practitioner, Cynthia Traina , Student Practitioner.

COUNSEL FOR AMICUS CURIAE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Honorable Jeffrey M. Landry , David J. Smith, Jr. , Jeffrey M. Wale , Chimene St. Amant .

Panel composed of Judges Fredericka Homberg Wicker, Jude G. Gravois, and Robert A. Chaisson.


This matter is before this Court following a remand from the Louisiana Supreme Court. The sole issue presented to this Court is the constitutionality of Louisiana Civil Code Article 198, which controls a biological father's avowal action to his biological child and limits that biological father's action to a one-year peremptive period...

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