Louisiana Children’s Code 850 – Summons; child and resident parent
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 850
- Child: means any person under the age of twenty-one, including an emancipated minor, who commits a delinquent act before attaining seventeen years of age. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
A. Except as provided in Paragraph B of this Article, when a delinquency petition involves a child whose parent is a resident, the court shall issue a summons commanding that the child, his parents, and such other persons as the court deems proper appear before the court at a designated time and place.
B. In its discretion the court may decline to issue a summons to appear at any hearing for the parents of any child who is eighteen years of age or older.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.