Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4261.301

  • Supported decisionmaking: means a process of supporting and accommodating an adult to enable the adult to make life decisions, including decisions related to where the adult wants to live, the services, supports, and medical care the adult wants to receive, with whom the adult wants to live, and where the adult wants to work, without impeding the self-determination of the adult. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4261.102
  • Supported decisionmaking agreement: is a n agreement between an adult and a supporter entered into under this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:4261.102

            A supported decisionmaking agreement that complies with Part II of this Chapter is presumed valid. A party may rely on the presumption of validity unless the party has actual knowledge that the supported decisionmaking agreement was not validly executed.

            Acts 2020, No. 258, §2.