RS 13:1138 Domestic relations section
§1138. Domestic Relations Section
NOTE: Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, changed the eff. date to Dec. 31, 2014.
A. The judges of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans who are in office on July 1, 1979 shall create the Domestic Relations Section of that court, by rule of court adopted on or before December 1, 1979, by the judges sitting en banc. The rule shall designate not less than two incumbent judges who shall be assigned to the Domestic Relations Section in accordance with the rules of the Civil District Court for the parish of Orleans. The Domestic Relations Section shall be assigned all cases involving domestic relations problems, including the following:
(1) Actions for divorce, annulment of marriage, establishment or disavowal of paternity of children, alimony, support of children, custody by habeas corpus or otherwise, visitation rights, and all matters incidental to any of the foregoing proceedings.
(2) The issuance, modification, or dissolution of conservatory writs for the protection of community property.
(3) Repealed by Acts 1991, No. 976, §2.
(4) The issuance of writs of fieri facias and garnishment under judgments for alimony, child support, and attorney fees, partition proceedings following separation from bed and board, and partition proceedings following divorce judgments.
B. Domestic relations problems, as used herein, shall not include tutorship proceedings and suits for separation of property.
Acts 1979, No. 460, §2, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1990, No. 361, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 976, §2; 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.