La. Child. Code art. 1004.2
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
The department shall file and pursue to judgment in the trial court a petition to terminate the parental rights of the parent or parents if the child has been in state custody for seventeen of the last twenty-two months, unless the department has documented in the case plan a compelling reason why filing is not in the best interest of the child.
La. Ch.C. § 1004.2