Section 806 – Change of venue; improper venue

When a petition is filed in a court of improper venue, on the court’s own motion or upon written motion of a party and after contradictory hearing, the court may dismiss the petition or transfer the proceedings to a court of proper venue.La. Ch.C. ยง 806Acts...

Section 805 – Venue

A. A delinquency proceeding shall be commenced in the parish in which the offense complained of took place. The juvenile court shall conduct the adjudication hearing and may also conduct the disposition hearing unless it decides to transfer the case as provided for in...

Section 1732 – Limitation upon jury trials

A trial by jury shall not be available in:(1) A suit where the amount of no individual petitioner’s cause of action exceeds ten thousand dollars exclusive of interest and costs, except as follows:(a) If an individual petitioner stipulates or otherwise judicially...

Section 804 – Definitions

As used in this Title:(1)(a) “Child” means any person under the age of twenty-one, including an emancipated minor, who commits a delinquent act before attaining seventeen years of age.(b) Beginning March 1, 2019, “child” means any person under...