Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions - Louisiana
Date: January 2022
Jurisdiction
Citation: Children's Code Art. 1180
The juvenile court has jurisdiction over adoption petitions.
Venue
Citation: Children's Code Art. 1180
The petition shall be filed in the juvenile court of the parish (county) in which one of the following applies:
- Where the petitioner is domiciled
- Where the custodian of the child is domiciled
- Where a voluntary act of surrender with respect to the child to be adopted has been executed
- Where the child has been adjudicated a child in need of care or the child in need of care proceeding is pending
- Where the parental rights of a parent with respect to the child to be adopted have previously been terminated