Louisiana Children’s Code 729.1 – Venue
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 729.1
- Caretaker: means any person providing a residence for the child or any person legally obligated to provide or secure adequate care for the child, including a parent, tutor, guardian, or legal custodian. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
- Child: means a person under eighteen years of age who, prior to proceedings under this Title, has not been judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
A proceeding under this Title may be commenced in the parish in which the child is residing with his parent or tutor, the parish in which the child is residing with his caretaker, the parish in which the act complained of took place or the conditions complained of existed, or the parish in which the child is found. Whenever this Title requires that a hearing be convened within twenty-four hours of a child’s entry into custody, in a multiparish judicial district, the hearing may be held in any parish within the judicial district.
Acts 1999, No. 1313, §1.