RS 9:405     

§405.  Legal effect of acknowledgment

In child support, custody, and visitation cases, the acknowledgment of paternity by authentic act is deemed to be a legal finding of paternity and is sufficient to establish an obligation to support the child and to establish visitation without the necessity of obtaining a judgment of paternity.

Acts 2006, No. 344, §4, eff. June 13, 2006.