La. Ch. Code art. 677
This is the official text of La. Ch. Code art. 677, part of Louisiana’s Children's Code — governs child custody, child protection, and juvenile justice in Louisiana.
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Case plan review
Official statutory text
A. At the disposition hearing, the court shall consider the content or implementation of the case plan and any response filed concerning it. At any other hearing held subsequent to the filing of the case plan, on its own motion or upon motion of any party for good cause shown, the court may consider the content or implementation of the case plan or of any response filed concerning it.
B. If no party files a written response objecting to the case plan and the court finds that the plan protects the health, welfare, and safety of the child and is in the best interest of the child, the court shall render an order approving the plan.
C. If the court does not approve the case plan, the court shall enter specific written reasons for finding that the plan does not protect the health, welfare, and safety of the child or is otherwise not in the best interest of the child.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 612, §1; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.
B. If no party files a written response objecting to the case plan and the court finds that the plan protects the health, welfare, and safety of the child and is in the best interest of the child, the court shall render an order approving the plan.
C. If the court does not approve the case plan, the court shall enter specific written reasons for finding that the plan does not protect the health, welfare, and safety of the child or is otherwise not in the best interest of the child.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 612, §1; Acts 1999, No. 449, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2022, No. 272, §1.
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