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La. Ch. Code art. 673 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 673
Case plan
Status: in_force

Within sixty days after a child enters the custody of a child care agency, the custodian shall develop a case plan detailing the custodian's efforts toward achieving a permanent placement for the child. The health, welfare, and safety of the child shall be the paramount concern in the development of the case plan.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 813 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 813
Improper verdict; procedure
Status: in_force

If the court finds that the verdict is incorrect in form or is not responsive to the indictment, it shall refuse to receive it, and shall remand the jury with the necessary oral instructions. In such a case the court shall read the verdict, and record the reasons for refusal.
La. Civ. Code art. 2756 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2756
Building by plot and work by job, definitions.
Status: in_force

To build by a plot, or to work by the job, is to undertake a building or a work for a certain stipulated price.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 999 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 999
Expungement of arrest records for certain individuals
Status: in_force

A. A person shall be entitled to the expedited expungement of his arrest, at no cost to him, if the person meets all of the following:

(1) The person is seventeen years of age when the person is arrested or charged with any criminal offense as provided in Title 14 or 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.

(2) The district attorney, for any reason, declined to prosecute all offenses arising out of that arrest, including the reason that the person successfully completed a pretrial diversion program.

(3) Prosecution was instituted and such proceedings have been finally disposed of by dismissal, sustaining of a motion to quash, or acquittal.

B. The provisions of this Article shall not apply to any misdemeanor or felony conviction arising from the incident of arrest.

C. The expedited expungement shall be served pursuant to the provisions of Article 982.

Acts 2024, No. 270, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 845 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 845
Contents of petition
Status: in_force

A. The petition shall set forth with specificity:

(1) The name, date, and place of birth, sex, race, address, and present location of the child.

(2) The names and addresses of the parents and spouse, if any, of the child. If the parents are not within the state or cannot be located, the name and address of the child's closest adult relative within the state, or, if there be none, the known adult relative residing nearest to the court.

(3) Facts which show that the child is a delinquent child.

(4) The statute or ordinance which the child is alleged to have violated.

B. If the information required by Subparagraph (A)(1) or (2) of this Article is unknown, the petition shall so allege. Any defects in the allegations required by Subparagraphs (A)(1) and (2) of this Article and in the citation of the statute or ordinance required by Subparagraph (A)(4) of this Article shall be considered defects of form.

C. Two or more delinquent acts may be charged in the same petition in a separate count for each act if the acts charged, whether based upon felony or misdemeanor offenses, are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan.

D. The petition shall conclude with a request that the court adjudicate the child to be delinquent.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Code Evid. art. 304 — LA Code / Code code-of-evidence / Article 304
Rebuttable presumptions
Status: in_force

Presumptions regulated by this Chapter are rebuttable presumptions and therefore may be controverted or overcome by appropriate evidence.

Acts 1997, No. 577, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1285 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1285
Collation of money.
Status: in_force

The collation of money may be made in money or by taking less, at the choice of the donee who is bound to decide thereon, in the same manner as is prescribed for the collation of immovable property.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 270 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 270
Commitment to await extradition
Status: in_force

A. The judge shall commit the accused for thirty days if it appears, after a hearing in open court pursuant to Article 271, that there is reasonable ground to hold him awaiting extradition. The order of commitment shall recite the accusation. The accused shall be imprisoned in the parish jail until the term of his commitment expires or he is otherwise legally discharged, unless he gives bail as provided in Article 271.

B. The judge may extend the commitment of the accused for an additional period, not to exceed sixty days, if such additional period of commitment is for the purpose of awaiting receipt of the extradition requisition or other necessary or proper papers needed for the extradition of the accused.

Amended by Acts 1982, No. 470, §1; Acts 2005, No. 358, §1.
La. Ch. Code art. 1550 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1550
Penalty for officiant who performs a marriage ceremony in violation of this Chapter
Status: in_force

Any officiant, other than a judge or justice of the peace, who knowingly performs a marriage ceremony at which one of the parties is a minor when the officiant does not have the necessary consent or authorization to marry required by Article 1545 shall be permanently deprived of his right to perform marriage ceremonies.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1011 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1011
Grounds for disclosure
Status: in_force

The petition must show compelling necessity overriding the general policy of confidentiality for termination of parental rights records by demonstrating any of the following:

(1) That there are inheritance rights which are or may be due from his biological parents under Civil Code Article 214.

(2) That there is a medical necessity requiring information about his biological family or his own health history in order to treat the petitioner or his descendants.

(3) That both he and a person reasonably believed to be his biological parent have registered with the department pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title XII.

(4) That such information is otherwise required to be disclosed by federal or state law.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1308.2 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1308.2
Conditions of rendition
Status: in_force

A. Before making demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the governor of this state may require a prosecutor of this state to demonstrate that at least sixty days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this Chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.

B. If, under this Chapter or a law substantially similar to this Chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the governor of this state surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.

C. If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.

Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
La. Ch. Code art. 409 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 409
Sequestration of witnesses
Status: in_force

On its own motion the court may, and on request of a party the court shall, order that the witnesses, other than parties, be excluded from the courtroom or from a place where they can see or hear the proceedings and refrain from discussing the facts of the case with anyone other than counsel in the case. In the interests of justice, the court may exempt any witness from its order.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 1008 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1008
Duties of court clerks
Status: in_force

The clerks of the courts having proper jurisdiction over proceedings under this Title shall keep separate indices of all suits filed in accordance with this Title and shall index such suits in the name of the parents and in the name of the child. These records are subject to the confidentiality requirements of this Chapter.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992.
La. Civ. Code art. 46 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 46
Person holding temporary position
Status: in_force

A person holding a temporary position away from his domicile retains his domicile unless he demonstrates a contrary intent.

Acts 2008, No. 801, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
La. Civ. Code art. 2326 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2326
Kinds of matrimonial regimes.
Status: in_force

A matrimonial regime may be legal, contractual, or partly legal and partly contractual.

Acts 1979, No. 709, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 229 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 229
Administration of the property of the child
Status: in_force

Each parent has the right and the obligation to administer the property of the child. The parent must do so as a prudent administrator and is answerable for any damage caused by his fraud, fault, default, or neglect. An action for failure to perform this obligation is subject to a liberative prescription of five years that commences to run from the day the child attains the age of majority.

Amended by Acts 1970, No. 436, §2; Acts 1972, No. 668, §1; Acts 1979, No. 249, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 4658 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 4658
Deposit of money into registry of court
Status: in_force

With leave of court, the plaintiff may deposit into the registry of the court money which is claimed by the defendants, and which plaintiff admits is due one or more of the defendants.

When sums of money due one or more of the defendants accrue from time to time in the hands of the plaintiff after the institution of the proceeding, with leave of court he may deposit the money as it accrues into the registry of the court.

After the deposit of money into the registry of the court, the plaintiff is relieved of all liability to all of the defendants for the money so deposited.
La. Civ. Code art. 1983 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1983
Law for the parties; performance in good faith
Status: in_force

Contracts have the effect of law for the parties and may be dissolved only through the consent of the parties or on grounds provided by law. Contracts must be performed in good faith.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 3691 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 3691
Boundary action
Status: in_force

An action to fix the boundary is an ordinary proceeding.

Amended by Acts 1977, No. 169, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1978.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 6 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 6
Jurisdiction over the person
Status: in_force

A. Jurisdiction over the person is the legal power and authority of a court to render a personal judgment against a party to an action or proceeding. The exercise of this jurisdiction requires:

(1) The service of process on the defendant, or on his agent for the service of process, or the express waiver of citation and service under Article 1201.

(2) The service of process on the attorney at law appointed by the court to defend an action or proceeding brought against an absent or incompetent defendant who is domiciled in this state.

(3) The submission of the party to the jurisdiction of the court by commencing an action or by the waiver of objection to jurisdiction by failure to timely file the declinatory exception.

B. In addition to the provisions of Paragraph A, a court of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident on any basis consistent with the constitution of this state and with the Constitution of the United States.

Acts 1997, No. 578, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1263, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.
La. Civ. Code art. 3355 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 3355
Mortgage, pledge, or privilege affecting property in several parishes
Status: in_force

An act of mortgage, contract of pledge, instrument evidencing a privilege, or other instrument that affects property located in more than one parish may be executed in multiple originals for recordation in each of the several parishes. An original that is filed with a recorder need only describe property that is within the parish in which it is filed.

A certified copy of an instrument that is recorded in the records of a parish need only describe property that is within the parish in which it is filed.

Acts 2005, No. 169, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, eff. Nov. 29, 2005; Acts 2014, No. 281, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.

NOTE: Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 13, §1, changed the effective date of Acts 2005, No. 169, to July 1, 2006.
La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 1038 — LA Code / Code code-of-civil-procedure / Article 1038
Separate trial; separate judgment
Status: in_force

The court may order the separate trial of the principal and incidental actions, either on exceptions or on the merits; and after adjudicating the action first tried, shall retain jurisdiction for the adjudication of the other.

When the principal and incidental actions are tried separately, the court may render and sign separate judgments thereon. When in the interests of justice, the court may withhold the signing of the judgment on the action first tried until the signing of the judgment on the other.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 574 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 574
Conviction and punishment for lesser offenses; limitations applicable
Status: in_force

The time limitations applicable to the offense for which a person is prosecuted apply to a conviction or punishment for a lesser and included offense.
La. Civ. Code art. 1270 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1270
Voluntary alienation or negligent loss of immovables subject to collation.
Status: in_force

If the donee has voluntarily alienated the immovable property which has been given him, or if he has permitted it to be seized and sold for the payment of his debts, or if it has been destroyed by his fault or negligence, he shall not be the less bound to make the collation of it, according to the value which the immovable would have had at the time of the opening of the succession, deducting expenses, as is provided in the foregoing Article.

Amended by Acts 1981, No. 739, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 1842 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1842
Confirmation
Status: in_force

Confirmation is a declaration whereby a person cures the relative nullity of an obligation.

An express act of confirmation must contain or identify the substance of the obligation and evidence the intention to cure its relative nullity.

Tacit confirmation may result from voluntary performance of the obligation.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Civ. Code art. 2985 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 2985
Representation
Status: in_force

A person may represent another person in legal relations as provided by law or by juridical act. This is called representation.

Acts 1997, No. 261, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
La. Ch. Code art. 1243.2 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1243.2
Institution of records check
Status: in_force

A. Upon the filing of a petition, the court shall immediately issue both of the following orders:

(1) That the local sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, conduct a records check for all federal arrests and convictions and all state arrests and convictions for each of the prospective adoptive parents. Prospective adoptive parents shall submit a set of fingerprints to the sheriff or the office of state police.

(2) That the department conduct a records check for validated complaints of child abuse or neglect in this or any other state in which either of the prospective adoptive parents has been domiciled since becoming a major, involving either prospective adoptive parent.

B. Each order shall state the full name, date of birth, social security number, and former and current state of domicile since becoming a major of each prospective adoptive parent.

C. The sheriff or the office of state police, Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information, and the department shall accord priority to these orders and shall provide a certificate indicating all information discovered, or that no information has been found.

Acts 1999, No. 1062, §4, eff. Jan. 1, 2000; Acts 2010, No. 192, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 222 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 222
Representation of minor
Status: in_force

Parental authority includes representation of the child and the right to designate a tutor for the child.

Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
La. Ch. Code art. 1025 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1025
Duty of department to provide information concerning the parent's location
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the department shall provide to the curator ad hoc all available information pertinent to the location of an absentee parent, including names and addresses of known relatives, within fifteen days of receipt of a copy of the court order appointing the curator ad hoc.

B. The department shall fully cooperate with any court which has authority with respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating a parent of the child. Such cooperation shall include making available all information obtained from the Federal Parent Locator Service.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2007, No. 334, §1.
La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 789 — LA Code / Code code-of-criminal-procedure / Article 789
Alternate jurors
Status: in_force

A. The court may direct that not more than six jurors in addition to the regular panel be called and impaneled to sit as alternate jurors. Alternate jurors, in the order in which they are called, shall replace jurors who become unable to perform or disqualified from performing their duties. Alternate jurors shall be drawn in the same manner, shall have the same qualifications, shall be subject to the same examination and challenges for cause, shall take the same oath, and shall have the same functions, powers, facilities, and privileges as the principal jurors. If the court determines that alternate jurors are desirable in the case, the court shall determine the number to be chosen. The regular peremptory challenges allowed by law shall not be used against the alternate jurors. The court shall determine how many additional peremptory challenges shall be allowed, and each defendant shall have an equal number of such challenges. The state shall have as many peremptory challenges as the defense. The additional peremptory challenges may be used only against alternate jurors. Except in capital cases, an alternate juror who does not replace a principal juror may be discharged when the jury retires to consider its verdict.

B. In a capital case, at the conclusion of the guilt phase of the trial, alternate jurors that have not replaced principal jurors shall not be discharged, but shall be sequestered from other members of the jury until the jury has reached a verdict. If a sentencing hearing is mandated, the alternate jurors will be returned to the jury and will hear the evidence presented at the sentencing hearing and will be available to replace principal jurors.

C. If the court, as provided in Paragraph A, replaces a principal juror with an alternate juror after deliberations have begun, the court shall order the jury to begin deliberations anew.

Acts 1995, No. 364, §1; Acts 1995, No. 1273, §1.
La. Civ. Code art. 186 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 186
Presumption if child is born after divorce or after death of husband; effect of disavowal
Status: in_force

If a child is born within three hundred days from the day of the termination of a marriage and his mother has married again before his birth, the first husband is presumed to be the father.

If the first husband, or his successor, obtains a judgment of disavowal of paternity of the child, the second husband is presumed to be the father. The second husband, or his successor, may disavow paternity if he institutes a disavowal action within a peremptive period of one year from the day that the judgment of disavowal obtained by the first husband is final and definitive.

Amended by Acts 1976, No. 430, §1; Acts 2005, No. 192, §1, eff. June 29, 2005.
La. Civ. Code art. 1922 — LA Code / Code civil-code / Article 1922
Fully emancipated minor
Status: in_force

A fully emancipated minor has full contractual capacity.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
La. Ch. Code art. 1501 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 1501
Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Title is to establish the substantive and procedural guidelines governing the juvenile court's exercise of jurisdiction over contempt proceedings, voluntary transfer of custody proceedings, proceedings seeking judicial authorization for minors' abortions, proceedings seeking judicial authorization for minors' marriages, declaratory judgment proceedings involving medical treatment for terminally ill children, domestic abuse assistance proceedings, and such other types of proceedings as may hereafter be added by the legislature to the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts of this state.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
La. Ch. Code art. 628 — LA Code / Code childrens-code / Article 628
Informal adjustment agreement
Status: in_force

A. Prior to the filing of a petition, and with the consent of the department, if the child is in the custody of the department, the court or district attorney may authorize an informal adjustment agreement or refer the matter to an intake officer as a families in need of services case.

B. After the filing of a petition, and with the consent of the department, if a child is in the custody of the department, the court may authorize the district attorney to effect an informal adjustment agreement. The court may dismiss the petition or allow the petition to remain pending during the period of informal adjustment.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999.