§ 9:409 — Filiation judgment; notice

§409. Filiation judgment; notice
A. Before rendition of any filiation judgment, including a judgment of disavowal of
paternity, contestation and establishment of paternity, filiation, or paternity, that includes an
order to amend a birth certificate, the mover shall send a copy of the pleadings, if any, and
the proposed judgment to the state registrar by United States mail or electronic means. If the
state registrar is of the opinion that the proposed order to amend the birth certificate is not
in conformity with law, he may object to the order on that basis, provided he does so within
thirty days of receipt of the pleadings and proposed judgment, after which the court shall rule
on the merits of the objection. In the absence of any objection by the state registrar, the court
shall grant the order if the mover is so entitled.
B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the state registrar from complying with a
judgment ordering the amendment of a birth certificate when the order meets all legal
requirements except the notification required by Subsection A of this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 2016, No. 434, §2.