HLS 23RS-634 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 194
BY REPRESENTATIVES THOMPSON, BOYD, GAROFALO, HODGES, JEFFERSON,
AND MIKE JOHNSON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CHILDREN/VISITATION RGTS: Provides relative to post-adoption visitation rights of
grandparents
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact Children's Code Article 1264, relative to grandparent visitation; to
3 provide for post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents; and to provide for related
4 matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. Children's Code Article 1264 is hereby amended and reenacted to read
7as follows:
8 Art. 1264. Post-adoption visitation rights of grandparents
9 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the natural parents of
10 a deceased party to a marriage dissolved by death parent whose child is thereafter
11 adopted, and the parents of a party who has forfeited the right to object to the
12 adoption of his child pursuant to Article 1245 may have limited visitation rights to
13 the minor child so adopted.
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 194 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Thompson
Abstract: Provides grandparents with post-adoption visitation rights regardless of the
marital status of the parents of the adopted child.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 23RS-634 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 194
Present law requires that the parents of the child be married at the time of their death for
grandparents to be entitled to post-adoption visitation rights.
Proposed law removes the requirement that the parents of the child be married at the time
of the death of a parent for grandparents to be entitled to post-adoption visitation rights.
(Amends Ch.C. Art. 1264)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.