Louisiana Children’s Code 1453 – Reports to court
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1453
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person with mental illness or person suffering from substance abuse. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
- Treatment: means an active effort to accomplish an improvement in the mental condition or behavior of a patient or to prevent deterioration in his condition or behavior. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
A. The director of the treatment facility to which the minor has been judicially committed shall issue reports to the court at the intervals provided in Article 1452, setting forth the minor patient‘s response to the treatment, his current condition, and the reasons why continued involuntary treatment is necessary to improve his condition or to prevent it from deteriorating.
B. These reports shall be treated by the court as confidential and shall not be available for public examination, nor shall they be subject to discovery in any proceedings other than those initiated pursuant to this Title.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.