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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:196"
article_number: "196"
status: active
heading: "Formal acknowledgment; presumption"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 2 › Section 2 › Subsection C"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109210"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 344, §1, eff. June 13, 2006; Acts 2009, No. 3, §3, eff. June 9, 2009; Acts 2016, No. 309, §1."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2005
    act_number: 192
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2005-06-29
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2006
    act_number: 344
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2006-06-13
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2009
    act_number: 3
    section: 3
    effective_date: 2009-06-09
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2016
    act_number: 309
    section: 1
    role: amendment
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---

# Art. 196. Formal acknowledgment; presumption

A man may, by authentic act, acknowledge a child not filiated to another man. The acknowledgment creates a presumption that the man who acknowledges the child is the father. The presumption can be invoked only on behalf of the child. Except as otherwise provided in custody, visitation, and child support cases, the acknowledgment does not create a presumption in favor of the man who acknowledges the child.