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2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 742
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILFORD CARTER
COURTS/DISTRICT: Provides relative to the divisions of the 14
th
JDC
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 13:621.14, relative to the divisions of the Fourteenth Judicial
3 District Court; to provide for the specific jurisdiction of certain divisions; to provide
4 for the sections from which the judges are elected; to provide for an effective date;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 13:621.14 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง621.14. Fourteenth Judicial District
9 A. The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Two Three
10 judges, Divisions F and, H, and I, shall be elected from election section one; four
11 three judges, Divisions B, C, D, and G, shall be elected from election section two;
12 and two three judges, Divisions A, B, and E, shall be elected from election section
13 three; and one judge, Division I, shall be elected from election sections one and three
14 combined.
15 B.(1) Beginning July 1, 2020, the subject matter jurisdiction of Divisions A,
16 C, and I are limited, under the provisions of Article V, Section 15(A) of the
17 Constitution of Louisiana, to family and juvenile matters.
18 (2) For purposes of this Subsection, "family and juvenile matters" shall
19 include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book
20 III of the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, all actions
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1 arising under the Children's Code, adoptions arising under the Civil Code, actions
2 involving protection from family violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., and
3 actions for enforcement, collection of support, and paternity pursuant to R.S.
4 46:236.1.1 et seq.
5 (3) For purposes of this Subsection "juvenile matters" shall include but not
6 be limited to all actions arising under or incidental to the Children's Code.
7 (4) For purposes of this Subsection, the subject matter jurisdiction shall also
8 include all actions incidental to all matters listed in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this
9 Subsection, including but not limited to contempt, civil warrants, writs of habeas
10 corpus, curatorship, change of name, prenuptial or separate property agreements,
11 interspousal donations, lesions, and challenge to consent judgment.
12 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2020.
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 742 Original 2020 Regular Session Wilford Carter
Abstract: Designates and limits the subject matter for Divisions A, C, and I of the 14th
Judicial District Court (JDC) to family and juvenile matters and changes the election
section from which Divisions B and I judges are elected in the 14th Judicial District.
Present law provides that the 14th Judicial District Court shall have nine judges.
Present law provides that two judges (Divisions F and H) shall be elected from election
section one, four judges (Divisions B, C, D, and G) shall be elected from election section
two, two
judges (Divisions A and E) shall be elected from election section three, and one judge
(Division I) shall be elected from election sections one and three combined.
Proposed law retains present law except with regard to the election of the judges for
Divisions B and I. Proposed law provides that the judge for Division I shall be elected from
only election section one instead of being elected from election sections one and three
combined and provides that the judge for Division B shall be elected from election section
three instead of election section two.
Proposed law provides that the subject matter of Divisions A, C, and I is limited to family
and juvenile matters.
For purposes of proposed law, proposed law provides that family and juvenile matters
include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book III of
the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, all actions arising under
the Children's Code, adoptions arising under the Civil Code, actions involving protection
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from family violence pursuant to R.S. 46:2131 et seq., and actions for enforcement,
collection of support, and paternity pursuant to R.S. 46:236.1.1 et seq.
Proposed law further provides that "juvenile matters" shall include but not be limited to all
actions arising under or incidental to the Children's Code.
Proposed law provides that for the purposes of proposed law, family and juvenile matters
include all actions incidental to those matters including but not limited to contempt, civil
warrants, writs of habeas corpus, curatorship, change of name, prenuptial or separate
property agreements, interspousal donations, lesions, and challenge to consent judgment.
Effective July 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 13:621.14)
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