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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:184"
article_number: "184"
status: active
heading: "Maternity"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 2 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109079"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1976, No. 430, §1; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2009, No. 3, §3, eff. June 9, 2009."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1976
    act_number: 430
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2005
    act_number: 192
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-06-29
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2009
    act_number: 3
    section: 3
    effective_date: 2009-06-09
    role: amendment
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---

# Art. 184. Maternity

Maternity may be established by a preponderance of the evidence that the child was born of a particular woman, except as otherwise provided by law.