HB 318

HLS 26RS-441  ORIGINAL
 2026 Regular Session
 HOUSE BILL NO. 318
 BY REPRESENTATIVE CHASSION
 CHILDREN/LEGITIMATION: Provides relative to the presumption of parentage
1AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact Civil Code Article 185, relative to the presumption of parentage; to
3reduce the time line for the presumption of marriage; and to provide for related
4matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6Section 1. Civil Code Article 185 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8Art. 185. Presumption of paternity of husband
9The husband of the mother is presumed to be the father of a child born during
10the marriage or within three hundred ninety days from the date of the termination of
11the marriage.
  DIGEST
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 part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
 HB 318 Original  2026 Regular Session  Chassion
 Abstract: Reduces the time line for the presumption of paternity.
 Present law (C.C. Art. 185) provides that the husband of the mother is presumed to be the
 father of a child born during the marriage or within 300 days from the date of the termination
 of the marriage.
 Proposed law changes the time line in present law from 300 days to 90 days from the date
 of the termination of the marriage.
 (Amends C.C. Art. 185)
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 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
 are additions.