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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:1441

  • 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.

            This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Act”.

            Acts 2016, No. 501, §1, eff. June 14, 2016.