La. Ch. Code art. 1307.5
This is the official text of La. Ch. Code art. 1307.5, part of Louisiana’s Children's Code — governs child custody, child protection, and juvenile justice in Louisiana.
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Direct request
Official statutory text
A. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.
B. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Articles 1307.6 through 1307.13 apply.
C. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
(1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
(2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefitted from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.
D. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Department of Children and Family Services.
E. This Section does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Acts 2015, No. 80, ยง1, eff. July 1, 2015.
B. A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Articles 1307.6 through 1307.13 apply.
C. In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
(1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
(2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefitted from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.
D. A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Department of Children and Family Services.
E. This Section does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
Acts 2015, No. 80, ยง1, eff. July 1, 2015.
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