2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 9 - Civil Code-Ancillaries
RS 9:901 - EMANCIPATION
CHAPTER 2. EMANCIPATION
PART I. IN GENERAL
§901. Judgments and decrees of other states or District of Columbia given full faith and credit; procedure
Judgments and decrees of judicial emancipation of nonresident minors over the age of eighteen years, rendered by courts of competent jurisdiction of the minor's domicile in the several states and in the District of Columbia, upon being authenticated according to the Acts of Congress shall be given full faith and credit in this state.
A petition to have recognized the foreign judgment or decree, to which is annexed an authenticated copy, shall be presented to the judge of the district court wherein is situated the minor's principal estate and he shall render judgment thereon either in open court or in chambers.
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