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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:408
citation: "R.S. 9:408"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title VII › Chapter 1 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2016, number: 309, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2020, number: 266, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
---

# Filiation and paternity proceeding; parties

The child's mother, any man who would be presumed to be the father under Civil Code Article 185, and the biological father, if known, shall be joined in a filiation or paternity proceeding, except that joinder is not required of a person whose parental rights have been terminated, or who is deceased, or whose joinder is determined otherwise not to be feasible.