Louisiana § 13:1139 Transfer of cases

Louisiana Statutes

§ 13:1139 — Transfer of cases

Louisiana § 13:1139

Title 13Courts and Judicial Procedure

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La. Stat. Ann. § 13:1139 (2026).

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§1139. Transfer of cases
It is the express intent of this Section that the jurisdiction conferred by law,
particularly the Children's Code, upon Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the same as it
was prior to the enactment of Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and
shall remain unchanged, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code. The court
shall continue to be known as Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, notwithstanding its change of
name effected by Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and the
subsequent repeal of the provisions of that Act shall not be construed or interpreted to change
its jurisdiction, its powers, its duties, its various departments or its personnel, except as
herein set forth and provided.

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§1139. Transfer of cases
It is the express intent of this Section that the jurisdiction conferred by law,
particularly the Children's Code, upon Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the same as it
was prior to the enactment of Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and
shall remain unchanged, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code. The court
shall continue to be known as Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, notwithstanding its change of
name effected by Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and the
subsequent repeal of the provisions of that Act shall not be construed or interpreted to change
its jurisdiction, its powers, its duties, its various departments or its personnel, except as
herein set forth and provided.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1979, No. 460, §3, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1991, No. 976, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §§2, 3, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2021, No. 158, §2.