In child support, custody, and visitation cases, the acknowledgment of paternity by authentic act is deemed to be a legal finding of paternity and is sufficient to establish an obligation to support the child and to establish visitation without the necessity of obtaining a judgment of paternity.
La. R.S. 9:405
Legal effect of acknowledgment
Acts 2006, No. 344, §4, eff
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