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LA Rev Stat § 13:4751 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4751. Petition for name change; adults; minors

RS 4751 - Petition for name change; adults; minors  A. The name of a person may be changed as provided in this Section.  B. Whenever any person who has attained the age of majority desires to change his name, he shall present a petition to the district court of the parish of his residence, the parish of his birth, or the parish of venue for the Vital Records Registry, or, in the case of a person incarcerated in a penal institution, to the district court of the parish in which he was sentenced, setting forth the reasons for the desired change.  C. If the person desiring such change is a minor or if the parents or parent or the tutor of the minor desire to change the name of the minor:  (1) The petition shall be signed by the father and mother of the minor or by the survivor in case one of them be dead.  (2) If one parent has been granted custody of the minor by a court of competent jurisdiction, the consent of the other parent is not necessary under either of the following circumstances:  (a) The parental rights of the other parent have been terminated.  (b) The other parent has been served with a copy of the petition and any of the following exists:  (i) The other parent has refused or failed to comply with a court order of support for a period of one year.  (ii) The other parent has failed to support the child for a period of three years after judgment awarding custody to the parent signing the petition.  (iii) The other parent is not paying support and has refused or failed to visit, communicate, or attempt to communicate with the child without just cause for a period of two years.  (3) In case the minor has no father or mother living, the petition shall be signed by the tutor or tutrix of the minor and in default of any tutor or tutrix, shall be signed by a special tutor appointed by the judge for that purpose.  (4) The petition may be signed by either the mother or the father acting alone if a child has been given a surname which is different from that authorized in R.S. 40:34.2.  D.(1) A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to petition for a change of name under the provisions of this Section until his sentence has been satisfied. This Subsection shall apply whether the offender is actually imprisoned or on probation or parole.  (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection or any other provision of law to the contrary, a person convicted of any felony enumerated in R.S. 14:2(B) shall not be entitled to petition for a change of name.  Amended by Acts 1972, No. 768, §4; Acts 1978, No. 455, §1; Acts 1986, No. 269, §1; Acts 1988, No. 421, §1; Acts 1991, No. 673, §1; Acts 1993, No. 740, §2; Acts 1995, No. 201, §1; Acts 1995, No. 493, §1; Acts 1999, No. 790, §2 ; Acts 2001, No. 555, §1; Acts 2003, No. 489, §1; Acts 2015, No. 51, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4752 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4752. Representation of state; service

RS 4752 - Representation of state; service  The proceedings shall be carried on contradictorily with the district attorney or district attorney pro tem of the parish in which the application is made, who shall represent the state, and who shall be served with a copy of the petition and citation to answer the same.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4753 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4753. Hearing and determination

RS 4753 - Hearing and determination  The judge to whom the application is made, either in open court or in chambers, may proceed to hear and determine the case and render such judgment as the nature of the relief and the law and the evidence shall justify.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4754 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4754. Judgment; true and lawful name; altering birth record

RS 4754 - Judgment; true and lawful name; altering birth record  A. If the prayer of the applicant is granted, judgment shall be rendered granting the change of name desired, which shall be the true and lawful name of the party asking the change after the recordation of the judgment in the miscellaneous records of the parish.  B. A Louisiana birth registrant seeking to have his original birth record altered to reflect his name change shall furnish the state registrar of vital records with a certified copy of the name change judgment, which judgment shall be accepted by the registrar who may alter only the name of the registrant.  Acts 1992, No. 755, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4755 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4755. Payment of cost

RS 4755 - Payment of cost  The applicant in all cases shall pay the cost of the proceedings.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4791 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4791. Trial of cases for violation of rights guaranteed by constitution

RS 4791 - Trial of cases for violation of rights guaranteed by constitution  All cases brought for the purpose of vindicating, asserting or maintaining the rights, privileges and immunities guaranteed to all persons under the provisions of Article 1, §13 of the Constitution of Louisiana, or under the provisions of any acts of the Legislature to enforce this Article 1, §13, and to regulate the licenses therein mentioned, or for the purpose of recovering damages for the violation of said rights, privileges and immunities, shall be tried by the court, or by a jury, if any party to the suit prays for a trial by jury.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4792 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4792. Decision by judge when jury fail to render verdict

RS 4792 - Decision by judge when jury fail to render verdict  If the jury do not agree, or fail to render a verdict either for the plaintiff or defendant, the jury shall be discharged, and the case shall be immediately submitted to the judge upon the pleadings and evidence already on file, as if the case had been originally tried without the intervention of the jury. The judge shall decide the case at once, without any further proceedings, arguments, continuance or delay.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4811 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4811. §§4811 to 4816 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961

RS 4811 - §§4811 to 4816 Repealed by Acts 1960, No. 32, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1961
LA Rev Stat § 13:4817 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4817. Checks depositing funds continuously accruing

RS 4817 - Checks depositing funds continuously accruing  Supplemental deposits of funds continuously accruing, as provided in Article 4658 of the Code of Civil Procedure, may be made in the same manner as the initial deposit, except that when made by checks the latter need not be certified. Such checks, however, must contain thereon, or on vouchers attached thereto, the docket number of the concursus proceeding and sufficient additional information to enable the clerk of court to identify the deposits as such. No other formality in making or transmitting these deposits is required.  Amended by Acts 1958, No. 325, §1; Acts 1960, No. 32, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1961.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4818 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4818. Concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans; reference to special commissioner

RS 4818 - Concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans; reference to special commissioner Immediately upon issue being joined all concursus proceedings in the city of New Orleans may be referred by the court to a special commissioner to examine and report thereon as to the law and the facts applicable thereto. Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 38, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4819 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4819. Same; qualifications of special commissioner

RS 4819 - Same; qualifications of special commissioner  The special commissioner appointed under the authority of R.S. 13:4818 through 13:4827 shall be learned in the law and shall have practiced law or shall have held judicial position in this state for five years, and shall have been an actual resident of the district for at least three years next preceding their appointment.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4820 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4820. Same; powers of special commissioner

RS 4820 - Same; powers of special commissioner  The special commissioner appointed under the authority of R.S. 13:4818 through 13:4827 may examine the parties in the cause, may examine on oath viva voce all witnesses produced by the parties before them and may order the examination of every witness to be taken under commission to be issued upon their certificates from the clerk's offices, or by deposition according to the laws of this state, may require the production of all books, papers, writing, vouchers and documents necessary and requisite in the case; may direct the manner and method in which matters requiring evidence shall be proved before them; may ascertain the amounts due all parties to the cause and may establish and fix all liens, their preference and priority, and may fix and establish the manner and method of the distribution of the fund involved in the cause and generally may do all other acts, make or cause other inquiries in the matters before him, which he may deem necessary and proper to enable him to fix and determine the rights of all interested parties.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4821 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4821. Same; hearings

RS 4821 - Same; hearings  Upon every reference, the special commissioner shall appoint a time and place for the hearing of the proceedings, and give due notice thereof to each of the parties or their attorneys and anyone interested. The special commissioner may proceed, co-operate, or in his discretion, may adjourn the examination and proceedings to a future date, giving notice to the absent party or his attorney of such adjournment. The special commissioner shall proceed with all reasonable diligence on every reference and with the least practicable delay, and any interested party may apply to the court or a judge thereof for an order directing the special commissioner to hasten the proceedings and to make his report and to certify to the court or judge the reasons for delay.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4822 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4822. Same; contents of report

RS 4822 - Same; contents of report  In the reports made by the special commissioner to the court, no part of any statement of facts, charge, affidavit, deposition or answer brought in or used before him shall be stated or recited but such statement of facts, charge, affidavit, deposition or answer shall be identified, specified and referred to so as to inform the court of what was brought before the special commissioner.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4823 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4823. Same; attendance of witnesses

RS 4823 - Same; attendance of witnesses  Witnesses who live in the parish or within one hundred miles of the place where the court is held, upon due notice to the opposite parties, may be summoned to appear before the special commissioner by subpoena in the usual form issued by the clerk of court requiring the attendance of the witnesses at the time and place specified. If any witness shall refuse to appear or to give evidence, he shall be deemed in contempt of court which, being certified to the clerk's office by the commissioner, an attachment may issue thereupon by order of court, in the same manner as if the contempt were for not attending, or for refusing to give any testimony in court. But nothing herein contained shall prevent the examination of witnesses viva voce when produced in open court, if the court in its discretion deems it advisable.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4824 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4824. Same; use of affidavits, depositions and documents

RS 4824 - Same; use of affidavits, depositions and documents  All affidavits, depositions and documents which have been previously made, heard or used in court upon any proceedings in any case or matter, may be used before the commissioner.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4825 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4825. Same; compensation of special commissioner

RS 4825 - Same; compensation of special commissioner  The compensation allowed the special commissioner under R.S. 13:4818 through 13:4827 for his services, shall be fixed by the court in its discretion, having regard to all the circumstances thereof, and the compensation shall be charged to and borne by the party cast or the mass in the discretion of the court.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4826 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4826. Same; return of report; exceptions

RS 4826 - Same; return of report; exceptions  The special commissioner, as soon as his report is completed, shall file it with the clerk, and the day of the filing shall be entered by the clerk in the appropriate docket book. The parties shall have ten days from the time of the filing of the report to file exceptions thereto. If no exceptions are filed within that period by any interested party, the report shall stand confirmed on the next rule day after the ten days have elapsed. If exceptions are filed, they shall be fixed for hearing on the second rule day after the ten days have elapsed, if the court is then in session; if not, it shall be fixed for hearing on the second rule day of the next sitting of the court.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4827 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4827. Same; costs on exceptions

RS 4827 - Same; costs on exceptions  To prevent exceptions to reports from being filed, from fraudulent causes or from mere delay, the parties whose exceptions are overruled for every exception overruled shall pay costs for the mass and for every exception allowed shall be entitled to costs from the mass.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4861 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4861. State or political subdivision; right of action for discovery and investigation

RS 4861 - State or political subdivision; right of action for discovery and investigation  The State of Louisiana and any parish, municipal or political corporation, board, commission or public body created by or under the constitution or laws of this state shall have a right of action for discovery and investigation when it alleges that it probably has a right of action against the defendant for an amount in excess of five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and costs, or for property, rights, or other relief, having a value in excess of five hundred dollars. The action for discovery and investigation shall be heard by preference over all other matters whatever. Unless otherwise clearly indicated, action, as used in R.S. 13:4861 through 13:4875, means an action for discovery and investigation authorized by R.S. 13:4861 through 13:4875.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4862 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4862. Attorney General's power to bring action

RS 4862 - Attorney General's power to bring action  The Attorney General may proceed in an action for discovery and investigation by the state or by any parish, municipal or political corporation, board, commission or public body created by or under the constitution or laws of this state. He may instruct any district attorney to proceed in such action by any parish, political corporation, board, commission or public body of which he is by law the legal adviser. He may instruct the attorney of any municipal corporation to proceed in such an action by the municipal corporation. In his discretion, he may associate himself as attorney in such action, or supersede a district attorney or attorney for a municipal corporation.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4863 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4863. Jurisdiction

RS 4863 - Jurisdiction  The action shall be brought in a court which would have jurisdiction of an action by the plaintiff against the defendant for recovery of an amount in excess of five hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and costs, or property, rights or other relief of the nature described in the petition, having a value in excess of five hundred dollars, and arising out of the contract, transaction or acts described in the petition.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4865 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4865. Taking of testimony; hearings and continuances

RS 4865 - Taking of testimony; hearings and continuances  After the pleading is settled as provided in R.S. 13:4864 the plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order fixing a certain time at which testimony may be taken. A certified copy of this motion and the order thereon shall be served on the defendant. The court, on legal cause shown as in other actions or on agreement of the parties, may continue the hearing from time to time, or may continue it indefinitely, subject to re-assignment on motion of the plaintiff and notice to the defendant. Such hearing may be held in open court or in chambers, and during vacation of the court.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4866 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4866. Examination of witnesses

RS 4866 - Examination of witnesses  The plaintiff may cause summons to issue to the defendant, if a natural person, or to any officer of a defendant corporation, or to any person not a defendant residing in the parish where the action is pending, to appear as a witness at any time fixed by the court for the taking of testimony. The plaintiff may examine any such witness as under cross-examination, but he shall not become thereby the plaintiff's witness and his testimony shall not be binding on the plaintiff in any other action. The defendant under examination or an officer of a defendant corporation under examination may make a relevant statement as part of his testimony, but the defendant shall not be permitted to question any witness.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4867 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4867. Taking testimony on interrogatories or under commission

RS 4867 - Taking testimony on interrogatories or under commission  The plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for authority to take the testimony of the defendant or of any other person residing outside the parish in which the action is pending, or residing in the parish physically unable to attend court, orally or in response to written interrogatories filed with the motion. The defendant may, within three days after service of the interrogatories on him, take a rule on the plaintiff to strike out any interrogatory to which he objects, and the commission to take the testimony shall not be issued until after the rule has been passed upon by the court. At the taking of testimony orally under a commission the defendant may object to any question or to the introduction of any document, and the officer shall note the objection as part of the proceedings before him. The defendant shall not be permitted to propound written interrogatories or to question any witness where the testimony is being taken orally. Except as otherwise provided in R.S. 13:4861 through 13:4875, the provisions of law with respect to the taking of testimony under commission in other actions shall govern the taking of testimony in actions for discovery and investigation.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4868 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4868. Transcription of testimony

RS 4868 - Transcription of testimony  The official court reporter, regularly or specially employed, shall take and transcribe the testimony taken in court, and the officer before whom testimony is taken under commission shall either take and transcribe the testimony or have it taken and transcribed by a competent stenographer under oath for the faithful performance of his duty. The stenographer taking and transcribing the testimony, whether in court or taken under commission, shall make three copies thereof and shall file one copy in the record and deliver one copy to the plaintiff and one copy to the defendant, all certified by him to be correct.
LA Rev Stat § 13:4869 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure|§4869. Motion for court order to produce documents; listing of documents; inspection; objections

RS 4869 - Motion for court order to produce documents; listing of documents; inspection; objections  Irrespective of the right to apply for subpoena duces tecum, the plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that the defendant or any other party file within the time to be fixed in the order a sworn list of all documents, including books, records, accounts, and papers, which are, or which have been, in his possession or control, as principal, agent or fiduciary, relating to the matter with respect to which the action is pending. The order may be directed to a corporation, domestic or foreign. If such order is made, the documents shall be listed with sufficient description for identification, in two schedules: (1) all those which the party is willing to produce, and the name and address of the party in whose possession or control each such document is; and (2) all those which party is not willing to produce, with a statement of the reasons for his objection to the production thereof, and with the name and address of the party in whose possession or control each such document is. The plaintiff may inspect and obtain copies and photographs of the documents listed in Schedule 1 at any time not inconvenient to the party having possession thereof. The plaintiff may apply to the court by motion for an order that any or all of the documents listed in Schedule 2 be produced for inspection and to be copied and photographed by the plaintiff at a time and place and in the manner to be fixed by the order.  No document required to be listed by a defendant, which is not listed, or which is listed in Schedule 1 and is not produced when reasonable demand is made for it, or which is listed in Schedule 2 and is not produced when an order for its production is made, shall be admissible in evidence at the instance of such defendant in any other action between the plaintiff and him.