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Keith Andrews v. Jarred Brandon Kinnett, et al.

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Louisiana, No. 2023-CJ-00060 · judgment June 27, 2023


Certiorari denied · December 11, 2023
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Does a biological father of the child of a married woman have a right to notice of his paternity before any prescription or peremption can extinguish his right to avow paternity?

  2. Where the state opens the door to the biological father to petition for filiation of a child born of a married woman, and that father seizes the opportunity to exercise his parental duties and rights at the first opportunity, does the biological father become vested in a fundamental right to parent his child?

  3. Should a married woman’s silence as to the suspected true paternity of her baby constitute bad faith deception of the biological father?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas Ainsworth Robichaux
Attorney at Law

For respondent
Ramona G. Fernandez
Loyola Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Dec 11 2023
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 22 2023
    Reply of petitioner Keith Andrews filed. (Distributed)
  3. Nov 21 2023
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2023.
  4. Nov 02 2023
    Brief of respondent GJK, minor child in support filed.
  5. Nov 02 2023
    Brief of respondents Jarred Brandon Kinnett, et al. in opposition filed.
  6. Sep 25 2023
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 3, 2023)