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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1109.11

  • District: means the Acadiana Regional Juvenile Justice District. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1109
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

§1109.11. River Parishes Juvenile Justice District; creation; jurisdiction

            The River Parishes Juvenile Justice District is hereby established as a political subdivision of the state, with a territorial jurisdiction throughout the Twenty-Third, Twenty-Ninth, and Fortieth Judicial Districts, including the parishes of Ascension, Assumption, St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist.

            Acts 2023, No. 145, §1.