§ 13:1565 — Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business;

§1565. Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish; continuous session; quarters; conduct of business;
expenses
A. The judge of the Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish having the longest continuous
service as judge of the court shall be chief judge of the court, and as chief judge he shall
exercise the administrative functions of the court, including any such functions prescribed
by the court.
B. The Juvenile Court for Caddo Parish shall be in continuous session throughout
the year; provided, however, that each judge shall be entitled to a vacation of one month
during each year.
C. In the event of a juvenile court judge's vacation, absence from the parish, inability
to serve, or recusation, the judges of the First Judicial District Court may name one of their
number to serve temporarily in his place.
D. All sessions of the juvenile court shall be held separate and apart from the First
Judicial District Court in quarters to be provided by the governing authority of Caddo Parish.
Except as provided in R.S. 13:1565.1(B), the governing authority of Caddo Parish shall make
all necessary provisions for the proper conduct of the business of said juvenile court and
provide all necessary expenses in connection with the operation of same, said expenses to
include stenographer's hire and all necessary and legitimate expenses incurred by the
probation officers in the discharge of their official duties. The quarters furnished by the
governing authority for the said court shall include an office for each of the judges of said
court furnished as the duties of the said judges may require.

Legislative History

Acts 1950, No. 82, §2. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 419, §1; Acts 1977, No. 63, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1979; Acts 2006, No. 374, §1, eff. July 1, 2008.