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LA Chil Code art. 784 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 784. Duration of disposition

A judgment of disposition shall remain in force only until a child reaches his eighteenth birthday. It may expire earlier by its own terms, if it is modified, or if it is vacated. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 785 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 785. Applicability

If at any point in families in need of services proceedings the child is removed from his caretaker's care and control and placed in the custody of a child care agency, the provisions of Chapters 15 and 16 of Title VI shall govern the subsequent review process until such time as the child achieves a permanent placement as defined by that Title. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 786 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 786. Applicability

In all cases except a disposition committing the child to the custody of a child care agency, the provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 787 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 787. Motion to modify judgment of disposition

A. The court may modify a judgment of disposition on its own motion or on the motion of the district attorney, a probation officer, any child of the family, a caretaker, any individual or agency to whom the child's custody has been assigned, or the duly authorized representative of an institution or agency providing services to the family under the court's disposition order. B. A motion to modify a judgment of disposition to impose less restrictive conditions may be denied without a contradictory hearing. A motion to modify to impose more restrictive conditions may not be granted without a contradictory hearing unless the parties consent. C. On its own motion or on oral or written motion of a probation officer, the court may modify a judgment of disposition without a contradictory hearing when the conditions of the disposition are sought to be made less restrictive. D. Except as provided in Paragraph C of this Article, the motion shall be in writing and set forth in plain and concise terms the facts supporting the modification. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 788 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 788. Service of motion to modify

A. A copy of a motion to modify shall be served upon any affected child, his caretaker, the district attorney, the duly authorized representative of any affected institution or agency providing services, and any person, institution, or agency to whom the custody of the child has been assigned. B. Service shall be in the manner provided for service of the petition. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 789 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 789. Modification of judgment of disposition

A judgment of disposition may be modified if the court finds that the conditions and circumstances justify the modification. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 790 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 790. Notice of modification

If a judgment of disposition is modified, a copy of the minute entry reflecting the modification shall be served upon the petitioner, the child, his parent, and any person, institution, or agency to whom custody of the child is assigned. Acts 1991, No. 235, §7.
LA Chil Code art. 791 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791. Contempt; prehearing detention

A. If there are reasonable grounds to believe that the child has violated the terms of a judgment of disposition, the child may be taken into custody in accordance with Article 735 or 736. B. If, in addition, there are reasonable grounds to believe that taking the child into custody is necessary for his protection or control or to assure the child's appearance at the contempt hearing, the child may be taken into custody to a secure detention facility in accordance with Article 735 or 736. C. The peace officer, probation officer, or an appropriate representative of the arresting agency shall have the authority and responsibility to transport the child to such shelter care facility or detention facility. D. If the child is taken to a shelter care facility or detention facility, there shall be a hearing within twenty-four hours, exclusive of legal holidays, to determine whether: (1) A judgment of disposition was entered in compliance with Article 782. (2) Reasonable grounds exist that the child has violated the judgment of disposition. E. If the requirements of Paragraph D are met, the child may be detained for up to three days pending a hearing on the rule for contempt. This time limitation shall run from the time of the reasonable grounds determination or the taking into custody, whichever is later. F. A child shall not be detained in a secure juvenile detention facility for any alleged violation of an informal family services plan agreement. Acts 1995, No. 1095, §3; Acts 1999, No. 1313, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 791.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791.1. Purpose

The purpose of this Chapter is to authorize the creation of truancy and assessment and service centers. Truancy has long been demonstrated nationwide as a primary indicator of a path to juvenile delinquency. Parishes and judicial districts have demonstrated a willingness to address truancy by providing a physical location in each parish where personnel from local schools, law enforcement, courts exercising jurisdiction over juveniles, district attorneys, correction and substance abuse counselors, and family and child-serving agencies can work together in a coordinated effort. Early intervention has been demonstrated as the key to providing the greatest chance for correcting the actions of juveniles who demonstrate a propensity for destructive or criminal behavior. The earliest possible venue for addressing the problem begins in kindergarten. By intervening at this phase, it is possible to correct potential delinquent behavior before the chances for correction become insurmountable. The centers will address the underlying causes of truancy by pooling existing resources targeted at the child and family through appropriate action by service and treatment agencies. Acts 1999, No. 1372, §1; Acts 2001, No. 745, §1; Acts 2002, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 24, §1; Acts 2003, No. 277, §1; Acts 2003, No. 377, §1; Acts 2004, No. 570, §1; Acts 2007, No. 169, §1, eff. June 27, 2007.
LA Chil Code art. 791.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791.2. Parish involvement

Duly authorized representatives of the school board; law enforcement including the sheriffs' offices and city and municipal police offices; courts exercising jurisdiction over juveniles and their parents and guardians; and offices of the district attorney, corrections and designated service providers shall sign interagency agreements specific to each parish which represents a commitment by each entity to agree to provide the following types of services: (1) School boards and their systems in general will assist child welfare and attendance officers in creating student background data, including attendance records, unexcused absences, conduct violations, discipline records, report cards, and transcripts as permitted by law. School systems will also provide access to all school-based education, counseling, and related services. (2) Law enforcement agencies in a parish, including the sheriff and municipal and local police, generally will provide selective transportation of youth to the centers and in-kind service identification of truants through regular law enforcement operations and provide for a presence at a center. (3) Families in need of services personnel will work in partnership with the child welfare and attendance officers to monitor client progress, file all petitions in the cases of noncompliance of the plan for court appearance, and coordinate other services. (4) Courts having jurisdiction over juveniles and their families will work with collaborating agencies to identify youth and monitor treatment plan progress and, to the degree possible, assist the center in obtaining and utilizing a continuum of services and sanctions for identified youth. The courts in conjunction with the district attorneys will direct formal court action on noncompliance cases and integrate the needs of truant youth with existing drug treatment court programs. (5) Through multiagency collaborative efforts between various community service organization services, there will be a unified effort to provide services related to child abuse and neglect to identified youth. Service and treatment plans will be developed, including mental health evaluation and treatment; with parental substance abuse evaluation and treatment, educational evaluation, probation services, and alternative school placement and guidance.1 (6) The various offices of the district attorneys will designate prosecutors to work with the district and juvenile courts to develop and implement a coordinated effort to deal with truants and their families early in their court involvement and assist with data follow-up and outcome evaluation. Additionally, the offices of the district attorneys, if necessary, will institute charges that may be levied against the family when they are noncompliant with the service plan. Acts 1999, No. 1372, §1; Acts 2001, No. 745, §1; Acts 2007, No. 169, §1, eff. June 27, 2007. 1As appears in enrolled bill.
LA Chil Code art. 791.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791.3. State, state agencies; participation

  A. The state recognizes that juvenile crime is a statewide problem which is increasing and which adversely affects all its citizens starting with the child and family. In metropolitan areas of the state, juvenile courts report that almost all of its families under the Families in Need of Services program involve school-related issues and the overwhelming majority are truant cases involving children below the age of twelve. "Out-of-school" suspension rates in elementary schools are comparable to those of middle and junior high schools.  B. The state is obligated to provide certain social and health care services to needy families through the Department of Children and Family Services and the Louisiana Department of Health. These services for assessment and psychiatric evaluation and treatment, if deemed needed, must be continued. The state substance abuse clinics, through its employees and contracted programs, shall accept referrals for substance abuse evaluation and treatment if warranted. The legislature recognizes that each parish included in this Chapter has committed through binding interagency agreements to provide certain enumerated services, including providing physical space. This commitment by the parishes is predicated on financial assistance from the state in order to fully comply with the creation of truancy and assessment and service centers. Additionally, in order to support each truancy and assessment and service center with sufficient services pursuant to this Chapter, the state will continue to provide social and health-related services where available.  Acts 1999, No. 1372, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 791.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791.4. Monitoring

A. In order to determine the effectiveness of the program, Louisiana State University, office of social services research and development, shall develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation program subject to state funding. B. The Louisiana State University, office of social services research and development, may also develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation program for all parishes with truancy and assessment and service centers subject to state funding. Acts 1999, No. 1372, §1; Acts 2001, No. 745, §1; Acts 2004, No. 570, §1; Acts 2007, No. 169, §1, eff. June 27, 2007.
LA Chil Code art. 791.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 791.5. Reporting; operation

A. On July first of each year beginning July 1, 2007, the office of social services research and development, Louisiana State University, shall report statistical data indicating the effectiveness of this program to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature for use by the committees in consideration of continuation or expansion of the program. B. The provisions of this Chapter with respect to any parish which has a truancy and assessment and service center shall be operational subject to appropriation by the legislature. Acts 2001, No. 745, §1; Acts 2004, No. 570, §1; Acts 2007, No. 169, §1, eff. June 27, 2007.
LA Chil Code art. 792 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 792. Nature of proceedings

  Families in Need of Services proceedings are civil in nature, and actions taken pursuant to this Title, including taking into custody and detention, shall not be considered juvenile delinquency or criminal matters.  Acts 2017, No. 362, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 793 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 793. Records

  A. The confidentiality of Family in Need of Services records, including the existence of such records, shall be preserved and shall not be disclosed by any record custodian without the consent of the child or order of the court in accordance with Article 412.  B. Records and reports concerning any Families in Need of Services matter shall not be identified, maintained, or otherwise handled by the court or by any other agency or person as a juvenile delinquency or criminal matter.  Acts 2017, No. 362, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 793.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 793.1. Early intervention programs; authorization; purpose

The purpose of this Article and Articles 793.2 through 793.4 is to authorize the creation of early intervention programs, hereinafter referred to as the "program", in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin. The purpose of the program shall be to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems and school performance problems related to behavior by pooling existing resources targeted at the child and family through appropriate action by service and treatment providers. The legislature finds: (1) Research indicates that early identification and intervention of aggressive, antisocial, or delinquent behaviors are critical to the prevention of juvenile delinquency in later years. (2) Research also indicates that school-based preventive tactics for violent or aggressive behaviors are beneficial to the overall academic success of children, especially when such programs include parental involvement in prevention and intervention strategies. (3)(a) The district attorney of Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin parishes, in conjunction with the local school boards in such parishes, has demonstrated a willingness to address behavioral problems or school performance problems related to behavior by providing physical locations in each parish where personnel can work together in a coordinated effort. (b) The district attorney of East Baton Rouge Parish, in conjunction with the local school boards in such parish, has demonstrated a willingness to address behavioral problems or school performance problems related to behavior by providing physical locations in the parish where personnel can work together in a coordinated effort. (4) Early intervention has been demonstrated as the key to providing the greatest chance for correcting the actions of youth who demonstrate a propensity for destructive or criminal behavior. (5) The earliest possible venue for addressing the problem begins in the elementary grades. (6) By intervening at this phase, it is possible to correct potential delinquent behavior before the changes for correction become insurmountable. Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 132, §1, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 793.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 793.3. Reporting; funding; implementation; termination

  A. No later than June fifteenth of each year, the district attorney shall report statistical data indicating the effectiveness of the program to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature for use by the committees in consideration of expansion of the program.  B. The program shall be implemented with fidelity to the Sixteenth Judicial District prosecutor's Early Intervention Program model, in three phases as follows:  (1) Phase one shall be implemented in grades pre-kindergarten through six.  (2) Phase two shall be implemented in grades seven and eight.  (3) Phase three shall be implemented in grades nine through twelve.  C. All children who enroll in a public school within the Sixteenth Judicial District or the Nineteenth Judicial District in grades pre-kindergarten to sixth shall be required to follow all compulsory attendance requirements in R.S. 17:221 et seq. and all families in need of services provisions in Children's Code Article 726 et seq.  D. The implementation of this program may be subject to appropriation of funds by the legislature for such purpose.  E. Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 132, §2, eff. June 25, 2009.  Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2009, No. 132, §§1, 2, eff. June 25, 2009; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1; Acts 2015, No. 203, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 793.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 793.4. Early intervention fund; fees collected

A. In all criminal matters except for matters involving traffic violations in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, Iberia, St. Mary, and St. Martin, there shall be taxed against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or who forfeits his bond, a sum in the amount of twenty-five dollars for each misdemeanor and fifty dollars for each felony, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed, and which shall be transmitted to the sheriff of the respective parish for further disposition in accordance with the provisions of this Article. B.(1) The sheriff of the respective parish in the Sixteenth Judicial District shall deposit all sums collected or received pursuant to this Article in a separate account to be designated as the Sixteenth Judicial District Attorney Early Intervention Fund. (2) The sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish shall deposit all sums collected or received pursuant to this Article in a separate account to be designated as the Nineteenth Judicial District Attorney Early Intervention Fund. C. The sheriff shall remit on a quarterly basis funds collected in such account to the office of the district attorney of the respective parish. D. The district attorney shall cause to be conducted on an annual basis an audit of the fund and the books and accounts relating thereto and shall file such audit information with the office of the legislative auditor where it shall be available for public inspection. E. In matters involving any court other than the district court, the clerk of court or the appropriate court personnel shall remit the money to the sheriff of the respective parish. Acts 2004, No. 852, §1, eff. July 12, 2004; Acts 2014, No. 479, §1.
LA Chil Code art. 801 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 801. Purpose

  The purpose of this Title is to accord due process to each child who is accused of having committed a delinquent act and ensure that he shall receive, preferably in his own home, the care, guidance, and control that will be conducive to his welfare and the best interests of the state and that in those instances when he is removed from the control of his parents, the court shall secure for him care as nearly as possible equivalent to that which the parents should have given him.  Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 430, §2; Acts 2018, No. 467, §2.
LA Chil Code art. 802 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 802. General applicability

Except as otherwise specified in this Title, all provisions of the Children's Code remain applicable. Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Chil Code art. 803 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 803. Applicability of Title procedures; supplemental procedures

The provisions of this Title shall govern and regulate delinquency proceedings of courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction. Where procedures are not provided in this Title, or otherwise by this Code, the court shall proceed in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure. Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Chil Code art. 808 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 808. Constitutional rights of accused delinquents

All rights guaranteed to criminal defendants by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of Louisiana, except the right to jury trial, shall be applicable in juvenile court proceedings brought under this Title. Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
LA Chil Code art. 809 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Children's Code|Art. 809. Right to counsel

A. At every stage of proceedings under this Title, the accused child shall be entitled to the assistance of counsel at state expense. The court shall appoint counsel or refer the child for representation by the district public defender. B. If a parent secures the services of retained counsel, the court-appointed counsel or public defender shall continue to represent the child until retained counsel has enrolled as counsel of record. C. No child shall be admitted in accordance with this Title to a public or private mental institution or institution for persons with mental illness nor shall proceedings in accordance with Chapter 7 of this Title or Article 869 go forward unless he has been represented by retained private counsel who represents only the child's interest or by an attorney from the Mental Health Advocacy Service, unless its executive director has determined that its attorneys are unavailable. Any attorney from the Mental Health Advocacy Service so appointed shall continue to represent the child in any proceeding relating to admission, change of status, or discharge from the mental hospital or psychiatric unit. Upon modification of the disposition to placement other than a mental hospital or psychiatric unit, the Mental Health Advocacy Service's attorney shall be relieved of representation of the child upon request of the Mental Health Advocacy Service or the child. D. If the court finds that the interests of the child and his parent or caretaker conflict, or if required in the interests of justice, the court shall appoint an attorney to represent the child or refer him for representation by the district public defender. E. The clerk of court shall promptly send notice of appointment to any attorney appointed in accordance with this Article. Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 705, §1, eff. July 6, 1992; Acts 2004, No. 776, §1; Acts 2006, No. 266, §1; Acts 2007, No. 307, §9; Acts 2010, No. 593, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §33, eff. June 23, 2014.