The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Whitney Kauffeld.
DIGEST
SB 72 Original 2022 Regular Session Connick
Present law allows the juvenile court to dismiss proceedings on its own motion or by motion of the
child or parent in Child in Need of Care and Family in Need of Services proceedings, and requires
the juvenile court to dismiss the proceedings on motion of the petitioner.
Proposed law removes the authority of the juvenile court to dismiss a Child in Need of Care or
Family in Need of Services petition on its own motion or the motion of the parent or child to align
with Act 172 of the 2011 Regular Session, which removed the authority of the juvenile court to
dismiss a juvenile delinquency petition on its own motion or the motion of the parent or child.
Proposed law otherwise retains present law.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends Ch. C. Art. 657, 658, 763, and 764)