Section 323 – Definitions

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Louisiana

(1) “Department” means the Department of Children and Family Services.
(2) “Protected person” means any person who is a victim of a crime or a witness in a juvenile proceeding and who either:

(a) Is under the age of seventeen years.
(b) Has a developmental disability as defined in R.S. 28:451.2(12).
(3) “Videotape” means the visual recording on a magnetic tape, film, videotape, compact disc, digital versatile disc, digital video disc, or by other electronic means together with the associated oral record.

La. Ch.C. § 323

Acts 1991, No. 235, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2004, No. 241, §2; Acts 2007, No. 70, §2.