Louisiana § 15:185.2 Definitions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 15:185.2 — Definitions

Louisiana § 15:185.2

Title 15Criminal Procedure

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 15:185.2 (2026).

Text

§185.2. Definitions As used in this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1)"Board" means the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board.

(2)"Child abuse and neglect case" means a child protection proceeding conducted by a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction involving the abuse or neglect of children as provided specifically in Titles VI, X, and XI, of the Louisiana Children's Code.

(3)"District office" means the office of a district public defender.

(4)"District public defender", "chief indigent defender", or "chief public defender" means an attorney under contract with the office to supervise service providers and enforce standards and guidelines within a judicial district or multiple judicial districts.

(5)"Indigent Parents' Program" or "the program" means

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§185.2. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Board" means the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board.
(2) "Child abuse and neglect case" means a child protection proceeding conducted
by a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction involving the abuse or neglect of children as
provided specifically in Titles VI, X, and XI, of the Louisiana Children's Code.
(3) "District office" means the office of a district public defender.
(4) "District public defender", "chief indigent defender", or "chief public defender"
means an attorney under contract with the office to supervise service providers and enforce
standards and guidelines within a judicial district or multiple judicial districts.
(5) "Indigent Parents' Program" or "the program" means the Indigent Parents'
Representation Program required by the Louisiana Children's Code and administered in
accordance with the provisions of R.S. 15:185.1 through 185.9.
(6) "Indigent parent representation" means the providing of legal services to indigent
or absent parents in child abuse and neglect cases as required by the provisions of the
Louisiana Children's Code.
(7) "Office" means the office of the state public defender as created by R.S. 15:146.
(8) "Public defender" or "indigent defender" means an attorney employed by or under
contract with the office of the district public defender or a nonprofit organization contracting
with the board or the district public defender to provide representation, including curatorship
appointments, to indigent or absent parents in child abuse and neglect cases as required by
the provisions of the Children's Code.
(9) "Revenue" or "self-generated revenue" means all revenue received by a judicial
district except revenue received as a result of grants, donations, or other forms of assistance
when the terms and conditions thereof or of agreements pertaining thereto require otherwise.
(10) "Task Force on Legal Representation in Child Protection Cases" means the task
force created by House Concurrent Resolution No. 44 of the 2003 Regular Session of the
Legislature.

Legislative History

Acts 2007, No. 95, §2; Acts 2016, No. 407, §2, eff. June 5, 2016; Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §1, eff. March 20, 2024; Acts 2024, No. 528, §1, eff. June 10, 2024.