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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:185"
article_number: "185"
status: active
heading: "Presumption of paternity of husband"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 2 › Section 2 › Subsection A"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109090"
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."
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  - 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
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# Art. 185. Presumption of paternity of husband

The husband of the mother is presumed to be the father of a child born during the marriage or within three hundred days from the date of the termination of the marriage.