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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:407
citation: "R.S. 9:407"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title VII › Chapter 1 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2015, number: 260, section: 3, effective_date: 2016-01-01, role: enactment }
---

# Uncontested paternity proceedings; proof by affidavit; adoption of court rules

The court vested with jurisdiction may provide, by local rule, that in uncontested proceedings to establish paternity, proof may be submitted by affidavit.