Art. 141. Child support; authority of court In a proceeding for divorce or thereafter, the court may order either or both of the parents to provide an interim allowance or final support for a child based on the needs of the child and the ability of the parents to provide support. The court may award [..]
Art. 142. Modification or termination of child support award An award of child support may be modified if the circumstances of the child or of either parent materially change and shall be terminated upon proof that it has become unnecessary. Acts 1993, No. 261, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; Acts 2001, No. 1082, §2.
Art. 185. Presumption of paternity of husband The husband of the mother is presumed to be the father of a child born during the marriage or within three hundred days from the date of the termination of the marriage. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 430, §1; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005; [..]
Art. 186. Presumption if child is born after divorce or after death of husband; effect of disavowal If a child is born within three hundred days from the day of the termination of a marriage and his mother has married again before his birth, the first husband is presumed to be the father. If the [..]
Art. 187. Disavowal action; proof The husband may disavow paternity of the child by clear and convincing evidence that he is not the father. The testimony of the husband shall be corroborated by other evidence. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 430, §1; Acts 1989, No. 790, §1; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, [..]
Art. 188. Disavowal precluded in case of assisted conception The husband of the mother may not disavow a child born to his wife as a result of an assisted conception to which he consented. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 430, §1; Acts 1989, No. 790, §1; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
Art. 189. Time limit for disavowal by the husband The action for disavowal of paternity is subject to a liberative prescription of one year. This prescription commences to run from the day the husband learns or should have learned of the birth of the child. Nevertheless, if the husband lived separate and apart from the [..]
Art. 190. Time limit for disavowal by heir or legatee If the prescription has commenced to run and the husband dies before the prescription has accrued, his successor whose interest is adversely affected may institute an action for disavowal of paternity. The action of the successor is subject to a liberative prescription of one year. [..]
Art. 191. Contestation and establishment of paternity by mother The mother of a child may institute an action to establish both that her former husband is not the father of the child and that her present husband is the father. This action may be instituted only if the present husband has acknowledged the child by [..]
Art. 192. Contestation action; proof The mother shall prove by clear and convincing evidence both that her former husband is not the father and that her present husband is the father. The testimony of the mother shall be corroborated by other evidence. Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
