Article 397

An opposition shall be in the form of a petition which shall, on the payment of the prescribed fee, be filed in the court which issued the judgment being opposed.

The petition shall specify:

the name and place of the court in which the petition is filed;

the name and address of the petitioner;

the names of the parties to the case in which the judgment opposed was given;

the name of the court which gave the judgment opposed to, the date of such judgment and the number of the suit in which it was rendered;

the grounds of opposition; and

the nature of the relief sought.

The petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the truth of the facts therein alleged.

An application for stay of execution of the judgment opposed to may, where appropriate, be filed together with the petition. On good and sufficient grounds being shown, the court may order the execution to be stayed.