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Rules
for Louisiana District Courts |
RULES
FOR LOUISIANA DISTRICT COURTS
AND
NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR LOUISIANA FAMILY AND DOMESTIC
RELATIONS COURTS
Adopted
April 1, 2002
Includes Amendments through November 3, 2008, effective January 1, 2009
(Title V Rules and Appendices 20-25 adopted April 29, 2008, effective July 1, 2008)
NOTICE:
The Supreme Court signed an order on Dec. 12,
2001 establishing a standing committee of the Supreme Court
to be known as the Court Rules Committee. The Committee is
charged with receiving comments and/or proposed additional
rules or amendments and with making recommendations for proposed
additional rules or amendments.
Louisiana
judges and licensed members of the Louisiana bar may forward
their comments, proposed amendments to existing rules and
recommendations for additional rules to the Court Rules Committee
of the Supreme Court in care of Hugh M. Collins, Judicial
Administrator of the Supreme Court, c/o Timothy J. Palmatier,
Esq., Chief Deputy Judicial Administrator, 400 Royal Street,
Ste. 1190, New Orleans, LA 70130-8101 or webmaster@lasc.org
. Please be advised that any comments which are
forwarded constitute matters of public record and are subject
to public inspection. Final approval of any changes
will rest with the Supreme Court.
Listed below
are the Rules for Louisiana District Courts, Titles I, II
and III; the Numbering Systems for Louisiana Family and
Domestic Relations Courts, Title IV; and Rules for Juvenile Proceedings in District Courts and in Juvenile Courts, Title V.
By Order dated November 3, 2008, the Louisiana Supreme Court adopted amendments and additions to the Rules for Louisiana District Courts to be effective January 1, 2009.
By Order dated April 29, 2008, the Louisiana Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Rules for Louisiana District Courts, Rules for Juvenile Proceedings in District Courts and in Juvenile Courts to be effective July 1, 2008. These Rules replace the numbering system for juvenile proceedings previously in place.
By Order
dated November 3, 2004, the Supreme Court of Louisiana
approved amendments to Titles I, II and III of the Louisiana
Rules for District Courts to be effective January 1, 2005.
The October 29, 2003 version of the Rules are listed below.
Previous version in PDF format (as amended 10/29/2003)
NEW: Proposed La. District Court Rules Edits
Proposed La. District Court Rules Edits (Redline version)
Proposed La. District Court Rules Edits (Clean version)
**Please send any comments on the Proposed La. District Court Rules Edits here. Those interested in mailing comments may do so to the following address:
Court Rules Committee
Louisiana Supreme Court
Office of the Judicial Administrator
400 Royal Street, Suite 1190
New Orleans, LA 70130-8101
***ATTENTION***
After the posting of the above drafts on September 21, 2009, additional proposed edits were made to Chapter 13 of the District Court Rules and Appendices 9 and 10. These proposed edits appear in the redline and “clean” versions of Chapter 13 and Appendices 9 and 10, below. Any comments regarding these additional proposed edits may be submitted by U.S. Mail or via the link provided above. Thank you.
The Louisiana Supreme Court adopted amendments and additions to the Rules for Louisiana District Courts (adopted November 3, 2008, effective January 1, 2009)
Attachment A (amendments and additions to Rules for Louisiana District Courts)
The Louisiana Supreme Court adopted amendments to the Rules for Louisiana District Courts, including appendices, Title V, Rules for Juvenile Proceedings in District Courts and in Juvenile Courts (adopted April 29, 2008, effective July 1, 2008)
Attachment A (Rules for Juvenile Proceedings in District Courts and in Juvenile Courts for the Parishes of East Baton Rouge, Orleans, Jefferson and Caddo)
Appendices (Appendices 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25)
RULES
FOR LOUISIANA DISTRICT COURTS
TITLE
I
Rules
for Proceedings in District Courts, Family and Domestic Relations
Courts, and Juvenile Courts
TITLE
II
Rules
for Civil (except for Family and Domestic Relations) Proceedings
in District Courts
TITLE
III
Rules
for Criminal Proceedings in District Courts
TITLE
IV
(Local Rules relative to Title IV have been placed in a table at the beginning of the Title)
Numbering
System for Family and Domestic Relations Proceedings in District
Courts and in Family Court for Parish of East Baton Rouge
(District by District Presentation and Rule by Rule Presentation)
TITLE
V
Rules for Juvenile Proceedings in District Courts and in Juvenile Courts for the Parishes of East Baton Rouge, Orleans, Jefferson and Caddo
Appendices (Appendices 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25)
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