Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

            A. Following a final and definitive judgment of paternal filiation, rendered pursuant to Civil Code Article 197 or 198, the effect of which is to establish paternal filiation between a man and a child whose birth certificate did not identify the father of the child, the state registrar, upon receipt of a certified copy of that judgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:

            (1) Strikethroughs: If the mother of the child and the adjudged father have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the adjudged father, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, strike through the surname of the child.

            (2) Additions:

            (a) If the mother of the child and the adjudged father have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the adjudged father, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.

            (b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter those of the adjudged father.

            B. Following a final and definitive judgment of paternal filiation, rendered pursuant to Civil Code Article 197 or 198, the effect of which is to establish paternal filiation between a child and a man other than the man identified in the birth certificate as the father of the child, the state registrar, upon receipt of a certified copy of the judgment, shall amend the birth certificate as follows:

            (1) Strikethroughs: If the mother of the child and the adjudged father have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the adjudged father, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, and if the man whom the birth certificate identified as the father of the child does not object, strike through the surname of the child.

            (2) Additions:

            (a) If the mother of the child and the adjudged father have agreed that the surname of the child should be changed and, in addition, have agreed that the new surname should be either the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the adjudged father, or a combination of his surname and her maiden name or surname, and if the man whom the birth certificate identified as the father of the child does not object, enter the surname upon which they have agreed.

            (b) For the name of the father and his age, race, ethnicity, residence, birthplace, and social security number, enter above the existing entries those of the adjudged father.

            (3) Upon the petition of the mother or the adjudged father of the child, a court may, for good cause shown, order that the surname of the child as it appears on the birth certificate be changed in conformity with this Section despite the objection of the man whom the birth certificate identified as the father of the child.

            Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.