Louisiana

Custody

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• About Provisional Custody by Mandate Basic Information and Online Form

  Here is an information guide, which has a link to a computer program you can use to create a Provisional Custody by Mandate form. The guide is called a "LibGuide" (short for Library Guide or Librarian Guide) because it also can help librarians help other people. The LibGuide has general information plus a link to a computer program a person can use to create a Provisional Custody by Mandate form. Content Detail

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services

• About the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services

  Link to the website of the state agency that runs these programs: food stamps, welfare, kinship care subsidies, foster care, child support, disability rehabilitation, and more. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Social Services (now Department of Children and Family Services)

• Child Custody and Grandparents

  See this handout to find out more about special issues related to child custody and grandparents. Content Detail

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  Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

• Child Custody and Support

  Basic questions and answers about child support. This information does not replace advice from an attorney licensed in your state. Content Detail

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  ABA Division of Public Education

• Custody and Visitation Rights for Grandparents in Louisiana -- Video and Text

  Want custody or visitation with grandchildren? Find out your rights. Click below to hear and see the presentation, or you can read the text by clicking on the title above. Read More

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (New Orleans office)

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  Spanish / Español

• Divorce: Who Gets Custody? Who Pays Support?

  Kinds of divorce in Louisiana, custody, child support, and visitation. Brochure created by the Louisiana State Bar Association. Content Detail

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  Louisiana State Bar Association

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  Spanish / Español

• Kinship Care -- Questions and Answers

  Information about the Kinship Care subsidy program from the state agency. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services

• Modify Prior Voluntary Transfer of Custody

  Sample motion and consent order for use in a state district court, when both parents agree to change physical/legal custody of a minor child. Content Detail

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  Acadiana Legal Services Corporation

• Provisional Custody by Mandate

  A form from the Louisiana Revised Statutes (9:954). Read More

• What You Should Know about Custody

  Frequently asked questions and answers about custody issues. Read More

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  Acadiana Legal Service Corporation

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español