Louisiana Children’s Code 874 – Severance of individual cases for adjudication
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 874
- 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
- Delinquent act: means an act committed by a child of ten years of age or older which if committed by an adult is designated an offense under the statutes or ordinances of this state, or of another state if the offense occurred there, or under federal law, except traffic violations. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
Where petitions have been filed which allege that one or more children were involved in the commission of the same delinquent act or acts, the children shall be tried jointly unless either:
(1) The state elects to try them separately.
(2) The court, on motion of the child and after contradictory hearing with the district attorney, is satisfied that justice requires a severance.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.