---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:410
citation: "R.S. 9:410"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title VII › Chapter 1 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2024, number: 96, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Filiation; ordinary proceedings

A filiation action pursuant to Civil Code Article 197 shall be a civil action brought in an ordinary proceeding under Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure and may be instituted separately or cumulated in a succession proceeding. However, the mere commencement of a succession proceeding under Book VI of the Code of Civil Procedure shall not constitute the instituting of a filiation action for purposes of Civil Code Article 197.