Louisiana

Parenting Time (Visitation)

Know Your Rights

• About Visitation Rights for Parents: Frequently Asked Questions (including difference between visitation and custody)

  Information about your rights in Louisiana to visitation with your children. Read More

  By:

  Acadiana Legal Services Corporation

• Child Support Enforcement Access and Visitation

  See this page on DCFS' web site for information about a program to help non-custodial parents get access to and visitation with their children. Content Detail

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  Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Child Visitation as a Result of Disasters

  Court pleading called a "rule" that may be used by evacuees trying to establish or re-establish visitation with their estranged children. Content Detail

  By:

  Acadiana Legal Services Corporation

• Coming of Age in Louisiana -- Road Map to Adulthood

  What happens as you turn 18? Find out about what rights and responsibilities you have when it comes to voting, marriage, military service, driving, jury duty and much more. Content Detail

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  State Bar of Louisiana

• 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

• Foster Care -- An Introduction

  See this video about foster care in Louisiana, from the Children's Law Committtee of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Content Detail

• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Resource Guide

  Information about custody, visitation, provisional custody by mandate, adoption, and other legal issues that face grandparents. The guide also has a list of helpful contacts. Read More

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  Northwest Louisiana Pro Bono Project

• How to Get Legal Help/Como Obtener Ayuda Legal

  Information in English and Spanish about how to get help from programs that offer free help to qualified people. Lea aquí para aprender cómo obtener ayuda gratis con problemas legales, ayuda de los programas para las personas de ingresos bajos. Content Detail

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  Southeast Louisiana Legal Services (Hammond Office)

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  Spanish / Español

• Information about Child Safety Restraints -- Seat Belts and Car Seats

  State government information about child safety restraints. Content Detail

• Internet Sites for Legal Information

  List of online legal research and information resources, from the Law Library of Louisiana. Content Detail

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  Law Library of Louisiana

• LousianaFreeLegalAnswers

  Information from the American Bar Association & Louisiana State Bar Association about their site: http://la.freelegalanswers.org/ See if you qualify Answer a few questions to see if you qualify to use this service. Ask a question Ask our volunteer attorneys a specific question about your civil legal issue. Check your email You'll receive an email telling you when your question receives a response. Log back in See the response to your question; ask more questions. Read More

  By:

  American Bar Association & Louisiana State Bar Association

• 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

  By:

  Acadiana Legal Services Corporation

• Positive Parenting Tips

  Content Detail

  By:

  CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Read this in:

  Spanish / Español

• Practical Advice on Family Legal Problems

  This ABA webpage offers "Practical Law" information on different legal problems, including family-related problems such as divorce, custody, domestic abuse, and making wills. Content Detail

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  American Bar Association (ABA)