Rule 1.0 Construction of Rules and Appendices
Title I: Rules for Proceedings in District Courts, Family Courts, and Juvenile Courts | Chapter 1: Construction, Application, and Amendment
Rule Text
These Rules and Appendices are intended to govern interaction between the courts, counsel, and litigants, and to ensure the administration of justice in an efficient and effective manner.
Administrative rules governing internal operating procedures of individual courts on topics not otherwise covered by these Rules may be adopted by en banc order of the court.
Such administrative rules shall be made available to the public by filing a copy with the Judicial Council of the Supreme Court and by filing a copy with the clerk of court for the appropriate parish or parishes.
Amendment history: Adopted April 1, 2002, effective April 1, 2002. Amended November 20, 2009, effective January 1, 2010.