La. Child. Code art. 1004.2

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 1004.2 - Termination of rights; children in state custody

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

Acts 1999, No. 544, §1; Redesignated from Ch.C. Art. 1004.1 by Acts 2023, No. 271, §1, eff. June 9, 2023.

Renumbered from La. Ch.C. §1004.1 and amended by Acts 2023, No. 271,s. 1, eff. 6/9/2023.

Acts 1999, No. 544, §1.