RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 176 (SB 72) 2022 Regular Session Connick
Prior 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.
New law removes law 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.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends Ch. C. Art. 657, 658, 763, and 764)