2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 13 Courts and judicial procedure :: RS 13:1621 Juvenile court for the parish of east baton rouge; establishment; jurisdiction

PART I-A.  JUVENILE COURT FOR THE

PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE

§1621.  Juvenile court for the parish of East Baton Rouge; establishment; jurisdiction

A.  There shall be a separate juvenile court for the parish of East Baton Rouge which shall be a court of record and shall be known as the "Juvenile Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge".  There shall be two judges of the juvenile court, who shall preside over that court.  The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in the following proceedings:

(1)  All proceedings in the interest of children under seventeen years of age alleged to be delinquent, except as provided in R.S. 13:1570 and 1571.1 through 1571.4 and Code of Juvenile Procedure Article 106; and all proceedings in the interest of children under eighteen years of age alleged to be in need of supervision or in need of care.

(2)  All proceedings to decree minors abandoned, for the adoption of minors, and for the relinquishment or termination of parental rights.

(3)  All such additional jurisdiction, power, and authority now or hereafter provided by law for juvenile courts, and particularly but not restricted to the jurisdiction, power, and authority under the provisions of R.S. 13:1569 through 1592, R.S. 46:236.5, and Articles 14 through 17 and Article 23 of the Code of Juvenile Procedure.

B.  The court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the family court for the parish of East Baton Rouge in the following proceedings:

(1)  All cases of desertion, nonsupport, or criminal neglect of minors by either parent.

(2)  All cases of desertion, nonsupport, or criminal neglect of a spouse by the other spouse.

(3)  All proceedings under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Law.

(4)  Proceedings brought by the Department of Social Services on its own behalf or on behalf of any person for whom support has been ordered to enforce support by interstate income assignment pursuant to R.S. 46:236.4, or proceedings brought by the district attorney to establish or enforce support pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 46:236.2 or 236.1(F).

C.  However, the court which renders the initial order in any of the proceedings enumerated in Subsection B shall have exclusive continuing jurisdiction to modify or enforce such order.

Acts 1990, No. 158, §1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 221, §1, eff. July 2, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 228, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 145, §1, eff. July 7, 1994.