RS 9:405.3: Minors; application for judicial authorization of acknowledgment of paternity; procedure

A. Upon request by an unemancipated minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age, the court may authorize the acknowledgment of paternity ex parte after considering the best interest of the minor parent executing the acknowledgment and the best interest of the child to be acknowledged.

B. The court may, in its discretion, require that the minor parent executing the acknowledgment be present to evaluate whether the minor parent understands the nature and consequences of an acknowledgment of paternity, whether the minor parent understands his right to seek blood and tissue tests for determination of paternity before executing the acknowledgment, and whether the minor parent has discussed the acknowledgment with his parents or tutor.