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La. Ch. Code art. 677 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 677
Case plan review
Status: in_force

A. At the disposition hearing, the court shall consider the content or implementation of the case plan and any response filed concerning it. At any other hearing held subsequent to the filing of the case plan, on its own motion or upon motion of any party for good cause shown, the court may consider the content or implementation of the case plan or of any response filed concerning it.

B. If no party files a written response objecting to the case plan and the court finds that the plan protects the health, welfare, and safety of the child and is in the best interest of the child, the court shall render an order approving the plan.

C. If the court does not approve the case plan, the court shall enter specific written reasons for finding that the plan does not protect the health, welfare, and safety of the child or is otherwise not in the best interest of the child.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 612, §1; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3507.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3507.1
Release of property by plaintiff; security
Status: in_force

Property seized under a writ of attachment or of sequestration may be released to the plaintiff upon proof of his ownership and upon furnishing security as required by Article 3508. All costs incurred as a result of the seizure shall be paid by the plaintiff prior to the release of the property. A written agreement to hold the seizing authority harmless for wrongful seizure of property which is not seized to enforce a security interest, mortgage, lien or privilege may be substituted in lieu of security at the discretion of the sheriff.

Acts 1985, No. 593, §1; Acts 1989, No. 137, §18, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 771 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 771
Rules applicable
Status: in_force

Articles 641 through 742 and 801 through 821 are applicable to the parties to an incidental demand.
La. Ch. Code art. 1628 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1628
Placement authority
Status: in_force

NOTE: Art. 1628 enacted by Acts 2010, No. 893, §1, eff. when the 35th state enacts the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children.

A. Except as provided in this compact, no child subject to the compact shall be placed into a receiving state until approval for such placement is obtained.

B. If the public child placing agency in the receiving state does not approve the proposed placement, then the child shall not be placed. The receiving state shall provide written documentation of any such determination in accordance with the rules promulgated by the Interstate Commission. The determination is not subject to judicial review in the sending state.

C. If the proposed placement is not approved, any interested party shall have standing to seek an administrative review of the receiving state's determination.

D. The administrative review and any further judicial review associated with the determination shall be conducted in the receiving state pursuant to its applicable administrative procedures.

E. If a determination not to approve the placement of the child in the receiving state is overturned upon review, the placement shall be deemed approved, provided that all administrative or judicial remedies have been exhausted or the time for such remedies has passed.

Acts 2010, No. 893, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 725.1 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 725.1
Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this Chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meaning, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.

(2) "Safe house" means a residential facility or a shelter care facility operated by an authorized agency, including a nonprofit agency, with experience in providing services to sexually exploited children and approved by the department to provide shelter for sexually exploited children.

(3) "Sexually exploited child" means any person under the age of eighteen who has been subject to sexual exploitation because the person either:

(a) Is a victim of trafficking of children for sexual purposes under R.S. 14:46.3.

(b) Is a victim of child sex trafficking under 18 U.S.C. 1591.

Acts 2013, No. 429, §3, eff. June 24, 2013; Acts 2017, No. 376, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2509 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2509
Reimbursement to buyer for useful improvements, liability of seller in bad faith
Status: in_force

A seller liable for eviction must reimburse the buyer for the cost of useful improvements to the thing made by the buyer. If the seller knew at the time of the sale that the thing belonged to a third person, he must reimburse the buyer for the cost of all improvements.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 561 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 561
Change of plea of "not guilty" to "not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity"
Status: in_force

The defendant may withdraw a plea of "not guilty" and enter a plea of "not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity," within ten days after arraignment. Thereafter, the court may, for good cause shown, allow such a change of plea at any time before the commencement of the trial.
La. Civ. Code art. 1404 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1404
Rescission inadmissible against sale of succession rights.
Status: in_force

The action of rescission is not admitted against a sale of successive rights, made without fraud to one of the heirs and at his risk by the other coheirs or any of them.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3396.1 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3396.1
Scope
Status: in_force

Upon qualification of a succession representative and compliance with the provisions of this Chapter, the clerk shall issue letters of independent administration or letters of independent executorship, as appropriate, certifying that the independent administrator has been duly qualified.

Acts 2001, No. 974, §1; Acts 2020, No. 107, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.
La. Ch. Code art. 649 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 649
Answer to petition; objection by child
Status: in_force

A. After the parent has been advised of his rights, and if the parent has not stipulated pursuant to Article 647, the court shall determine whether the parent admits or denies the allegations of the petition.

(1) If the parent denies the allegations of the petition, the court shall set the matter for adjudication.

(2) If the parent admits the allegations of the petition, the court shall determine whether there is a factual basis for adjudication and whether the parent consents to adjudication.

B. A child may object, in writing or in open court, to an answer of his parent, which objection shall be entered into the minutes of the court.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.
La. Civ. Code art. 1308 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1308
Partition between owners in common.
Status: in_force

The action of partition will not only lie between co-heirs and co-legatees, but * between all persons who hold property in common, from whatever cause they may hold in common.

Amended by Acts 1871, No. 87.

* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "also."
La. Ch. Code art. 1245 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1245
Parental consent not necessary; burden of proof
Status: in_force

A. The consent of the parent as required by Article 1193 may be dispensed with upon proof by clear and convincing evidence of the required elements of either Paragraph B or C of this Article at the hearing on the opposition and petition.

B. When a petitioner authorized by Article 1243 has been granted custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction and any one of the following conditions exists:

(1) The parent has refused or failed to comply with a court order of support without just cause for a period of at least six months.

(2) The parent has refused or failed to visit, communicate, or attempt to communicate with the child without just cause for a period of at least six months.

C. When the spouse of a stepparent petitioner has been granted sole or joint custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction or is otherwise exercising lawful custody of the child and any one of the following conditions exists:

(1) The other parent has refused or failed to comply with a court order of support without just cause for a period of at least six months.

(2) The other parent has refused or failed to visit, communicate, or attempt to communicate with the child without just cause for a period of at least six months.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 256, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1062, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2008, No. 778, §1; Acts 2010, No. 738, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1063 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1063
Service of reconventional demand; citation unnecessary
Status: in_force

The petition in reconvention, whether incorporated in the answer to the principal action or filed separately, shall be served on the plaintiff in the principal action in the manner prescribed by Article 1314. Citation of the plaintiff in the principal action shall not be necessary.

Amended by Acts 1972, No. 662, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 2475 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2475
Seller's obligations of delivery and warranty.
Status: in_force

The seller is bound to deliver the thing sold and to warrant to the buyer ownership and peaceful possession of, and the absence of hidden defects in, that thing. The seller also warrants that the thing sold is fit for its intended use.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 371 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 371
Attorney
Status: in_force

A. An attorney is an officer of the court. An attorney shall at all times act with decorum and in a manner consistent with the dignity and authority of the court and the role that the attorney should play in the administration of justice.

B. An attorney shall treat the court, its officers, jurors, witnesses, the opposing party, and opposing counsel with due respect; shall not interrupt opposing counsel or otherwise interfere with or impede the orderly dispatch of judicial business by the court; shall not knowingly encourage or produce false evidence, including evidence that is artificially generated or altered by any means; and shall not knowingly make any misrepresentation or otherwise impose upon or deceive the court.

C. An attorney shall exercise reasonable diligence to verify the authenticity of evidence before offering it to the court. If an attorney knew or should have known through the exercise of reasonable diligence that evidence was false or artificially manipulated, the offering of that evidence without disclosure of that fact shall be considered a violation of this Article.

D. For a violation of any of the provisions of this Article, the attorney is subject to punishment for contempt of court and further disciplinary action as is otherwise provided by law.

Acts 2025, No. 250, §3.
La. Ch. Code art. 1544 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1544
Definitions
Status: in_force

Except when the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this Chapter, "officiant" is a person authorized by law to perform marriage ceremonies.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 729.6 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 729.6
Applicability of discovery
Status: in_force

The rules of this Chapter shall be applied in all criminal cases tried in the district, parish, and city courts. They shall be applicable following the institution of prosecution by the return of a grand jury indictment, the filing of a bill of information, or the filing of an affidavit charging an offense. However, the rules of this Chapter do not apply in city and parish courts to cases in which prosecution is instituted by affidavit for violations of city or parish ordinances defining traffic offenses.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 515, §1; Acts 2012, No. 842, §1.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 83 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 83
Action to partition partnership property
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in the second paragraph of this article, an action to partition partnership property shall be brought either as an incident of the action to dissolve the partnership, or as a separate action in the court which rendered the judgment dissolving the partnership.

If the partnership owns immovable property, the action to partition the partnership property, movable and immovable, may be brought in the parish where any of the immovable property is situated.
La. Civ. Code art. 2369 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2369
Accounting between spouses; prescription.
Status: in_force

A spouse owes an accounting to the other spouse for community property under his control at the termination of the community property regime.

The obligation to account prescribes in three years from the date of termination of the community property regime.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 417 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 417
Judgment ordering destruction of reports and records
Status: in_force

A. A judgment ordering destruction of reports and records shall be in writing and shall be served upon all of the following:

(1) The district attorney.

(2) The clerk of the court whose reports and records are to be destroyed.

(3) The head of the agency whose reports and records are to be destroyed.

B. Service shall be in the manner provided for service of a petition.

C. The judgment shall specify the manner and time within which the destruction is to be effected and shall also specify the limitations of Paragraph E of this Article.

D. The judgment may require the custodian of records to submit an affidavit to the court attesting that the reports and records have been destroyed.

E. Although the custodian of the records or report may keep a copy of the judgment ordering destruction, he shall not disclose the fact that such judgment is maintained or that the destroyed reports or records previously existed to anyone except upon written order of the court.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 444 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 444
Judicial oversight; periodic evaluation; contempt proceedings
Status: in_force

A. The court has the continuing responsibility for monitoring the conduct of any mediator to whom the court has referred a case. In fulfilling that responsibility to ensure quality control, the court shall order the mediator to prepare regular statistical reports regarding cases referred for mediation. The court shall also seek evaluations of mediator competence from the parties, counsel, or other participants.

B. For the violation of the provisions of this Chapter, the court may institute proceedings for contempt against a mediator, party, counsel, or other participants.

Acts 1999, No. 894, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 661 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 661
Progress reports; responsibility to furnish
Status: in_force

The superintendent of each mental institution and the director of each mental health unit throughout the state shall furnish progress reports every six months on each patient committed under the provisions of this Title. Copies of such reports shall be furnished to the committing court, the judicial administrator, and the attorney general of the state.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 325, §3.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 679 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 679
Recusal of an appellate judge and a supreme court justice
Status: in_force

A. A party desiring to recuse a judge of a court of appeal shall file a written motion therefor assigning the ground for recusal under Article 671. When a written motion is filed to recuse a judge of a court of appeal, the judge may recuse himself or the motion shall be heard by the other judges on the panel to which the cause is assigned, or by all judges of the court, except the judge sought to be recused, sitting en banc.

B. When a judge of a court of appeal recuses himself or is recused, the court shall randomly allot another of its judges to act for the recused judge in the hearing and disposition of the cause.

C. If the motion to recuse fails to set forth facts constituting a ground for recusal under Article 671, the judge may deny the motion without a hearing but shall provide written reasons for the denial.

D. A party desiring to recuse a justice of the supreme court shall file a written motion therefor assigning the ground for recusal under Article 671. When a written motion is filed to recuse a justice of the supreme court, the justice may recuse himself or the motion shall be heard by the other justices of the court.

E. When a justice of the supreme court recuses himself or is recused, the court may have the cause argued before and disposed of by the other justices or appoint a sitting or retired judge of a district court or of a court of appeal having the qualifications of a justice of the supreme court to sit as a member of the court in the hearing and disposition of the cause.

Acts 1997, No. 887, §1; Acts 2022, No. 42, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1203 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1203
Service; resident parent
Status: in_force

If a parent upon whom service is required under Article 1202 resides within this state, service shall be made either personally or by domiciliary service not less than thirty days prior to the commencement of the hearing on the petition.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 593 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 593
Method of pleading
Status: in_force

Double jeopardy shall be raised by a written motion setting forth the name of the court, the proceeding in which the defendant was in jeopardy, and the facts constituting double jeopardy.
La. Ch. Code art. 745 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 745
Effect of informal family services plan agreement; confidentiality
Status: in_force

A. An informal family services plan agreement shall not be considered an adjudication. Evidence of the existence of such an agreement shall not be used against the child, the caretaker, or other family member over objection in any adjudication hearing or criminal trial. Such evidence may, however, be used in a disposition hearing in the juvenile court or for the purpose of a presentence investigation after a criminal conviction.

B. An informal family services plan agreement suspends the proceedings on the conduct alleged in a family in need of services complaint or petition. If any of the terms of the agreement are violated, the case may proceed to an adjudication hearing on the allegations. If the child, caretaker, or other family member satisfies the terms of the agreement, he shall be discharged from further services or supervision, and the pending complaint or petition shall be dismissed with prejudice.

C. Any incriminating statement made by the child, caretaker, or other family member during discussions or conferences incident to the informal family services plan agreement shall not be used against the declarant, over objection, in an adjudication hearing or criminal trial. Any such statement may be reported as the basis for a referral to the local child protection unit of the Department of Children and Family Services in accordance with Article 610, if it causes the intake officer to believe that a child's physical or mental health or welfare is endangered by abuse or neglect. Any such statement may be used in a disposition hearing in the juvenile court or for the purpose of a presentence investigation after a criminal conviction.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §7; Acts 1999, No. 1313, §1; Acts 2001, No. 567, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 478 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 478
Judgments and other determinations
Status: in_force

Where a judgment or other determination of, or a proceeding before, any court or official, civil or military, is referred to in an indictment, it is unnecessary to allege the facts conferring jurisdiction on the court or official. It is sufficient to allege generally that the judgment or determination was given or made or the proceeding had, in such manner as identifies the judgment, determination or proceeding.
La. Civ. Code art. 1297 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1297
Stipulations against partition.
Status: in_force

It can not be stipulated that there never shall be a partition of a succession or of a thing held in common. Such a stipulation would be null and of no effect.
La. Civ. Code art. 1307 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1307
Partition between heirs and legatees.
Status: in_force

A partition may be sued for by any heirs, testamentary or ab intestato .

It can also be sued for by any universal legatee or legatee under an universal title, and even by a particular legatee, when a thing has been bequeathed to him in common with one or more persons.
La. Civ. Code art. 2818 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2818
Causes of cessation of membership
Status: in_force

A. A partner ceases to be a member of a partnership upon: his death or interdiction; his being granted an order for relief under Chapter 7 or confirmation of a plan of liquidation or the appointment of a trustee of his estate under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; his interest in the partnership being seized and not released as provided in Article 2819; his expulsion from the partnership; or his withdrawal from the partnership.

B. A partner also ceases to be a member of a partnership in accordance with the provisions of the contract of partnership.

Acts 1980, No. 150, §1; Acts 2004, No. 827, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1334 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1334
Appraisement of property to be collated.
Status: in_force

Whether the donee has decided that he will collate in kind or by taking less, the coheirs, to whom the collation is due, have the right, as soon as the donee has decided thereon, to require and obtain an order that the property subject to the collation be appraised, as is prescribed in the following section, in order that it may be included among the effects to be divided for the sum at which it is appraised.
La. Civ. Code art. 2993 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2993
Form
Status: in_force

The contract of mandate is not required to be in any particular form.

Nevertheless, when the law prescribes a certain form for an act, a mandate authorizing the act must be in that form.

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Civ. Code art. 2035 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2035
Rights of third person in good faith
Status: in_force

Nullity of a contract does not impair the rights acquired through an onerous contract by a third person in good faith.

If the contract involves immovable property, the principles of recordation apply to a third person acquiring an interest in the property whether by onerous or gratuitous title.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 2005, No. 169, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 649 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 649
Nature; incorporeal immovable.
Status: in_force

A predial servitude is an incorporeal immovable.

Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 316 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 316
Improper venue; transfer
Status: in_force

When a petition is filed in a court of improper venue, the court shall either dismiss the petition or transfer it to a court of proper venue.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 435 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 435
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of mediation is to encourage and assist parties to reach their own mutually acceptable settlement by facilitating communication, helping to clarify issues and interests, fostering joint problem-solving, and exploring settlement alternatives.

Acts 1999, No. 894, §1.