HLS 20RS-1080 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 732
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
COURTS: Provides relative to the juvenile and domestic relations division of the 14th JDC
1 AN ACT
2To repeal R.S. 13:587, relative to district courts; to provide relative to the juvenile and
3 domestic relations division of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court.
4Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 13:587 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 732 Original 2020 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Removes the authority from the judges of the 14th JDC to designate and assign,
by majority vote of the judges sitting en banc, any or all types of juvenile and
domestic relations matters of which the court has jurisdiction.
Present law provides that the judges of the 14th JDC 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.
Present law further provides that the authority conferred by present law does 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.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Repeals R.S. 13:587)
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