Louisiana § RS 13:587 - Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 13:587 — Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 13:587. Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division
A. The judges of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court may, by rule adopted by a majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, designate and assign to one or more divisions of the court any or all types of juvenile matters of which the court has jurisdiction and any or all types of domestic relations matters of which the court has jurisdiction.
B. The authority conferred by this Section shall not prohibit the assignment by a majority vote of the court en banc of other matters to a designated division to which it assigns juvenile or domestic relations matters, nor the assignment of any juvenile or domestic relation matters to any other division of the court.
Acts 1984, No. 373, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1999, No. 655, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 13:587 ("Juvenile and Domestic Relations Division") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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