Rule Text
Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter, a responding tribunal of this state shall:
(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in this state and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2) Determine the duty of support and the amounts payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of this state.
Amendment history: Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.
Plain-English Summary (for reference only — not a substitute for the rule text above)
This summary is not the rule. The rule text controls.
When a court in Louisiana handles a support case that started in another state, it follows Louisiana's own rules just like it would for any local case. This means the court uses the same procedures, laws, and legal options it normally would if the case had started here in the first place.
The court also decides how much support someone owes based on Louisiana's laws and support guidelines. So even though the case may have started somewhere else, the actual amount of support and how it's calculated will follow Louisiana's standards, not the rules of the state where the case began.
The only exception is if another part of this same chapter says to do something different. Otherwise, Louisiana courts treat these cases the same way they treat any other support case filed in the state.