Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 688

  • Administrative review body: means a panel of appropriate persons, at least one of whom is not responsible for the case management of or delivery of services to either the child or the parents who are the subject of the review, including the citizen review boards, state hearing examiners, special department reviewers, or department personnel. See Louisiana Children's Code 603

The custodial agency shall file a case review report with the court or, if appropriate, with the administrative review body ten days prior to every scheduled review hearing.  The custodial agency shall also distribute a copy of the report to any court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program involved in the case prior to or at the same time as it is filed with the court or administrative review body.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2001, No. 567, §1.