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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:191"
article_number: "191"
status: active
heading: "Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 2 › Section 2 › Subsection A"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109156"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2004, No. 530, §1, eff. June 25, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2016, No. 309, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2004
    act_number: 530
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2004-06-25
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2005
    act_number: 192
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-06-29
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2016
    act_number: 309
    section: 1
    role: amendment
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---

# Art. 191. Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother

The mother of a child may institute an action to establish both that her former husband is not the father of the child and that her present husband is the father. This action may be instituted only if the present husband has acknowledged the child by authentic act.