RS 13:1709 Additional parties
§1709. Additional parties
NOTE: Repealed by Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.
If the court learns from information furnished by the parties pursuant to Section 1708 or from other sources that a person not a party to the custody proceeding has physical custody of the child or claims to have custody or visitation rights with respect to the child, it shall order that person to be joined as a party and to be duly notified of the pendency of the proceeding and of his joinder as a party. If the person joined as a party outside this state he shall be served with process or otherwise notified in accordance with Section 1704.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 513, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1978; Acts 2006, No. 822, §2, eff. Aug. 15, 2007.