Rule 1.1 Application of Rules and Appendices; Citation Form
Title I: Rules for Proceedings in District Courts, Family Courts, and Juvenile Courts | Chapter 1: Construction, Application, and Amendment
Rule Text
(a) Title I and Appendices 2.0 through 8.0 apply to all proceedings in district courts, family courts, and juvenile courts.
(b) Title II and Appendices 9.3 through 9.14 apply to all civil proceedings in district courts, except for juvenile proceedings, and as otherwise limited within these Rules.
(c) Title III and Appendices 14.0A through 19.0 apply to criminal proceedings in all district courts.
(d) Title IV applies to all family law proceedings in district courts and in the Family Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge.
(e) Title V applies to all juvenile proceedings in district courts and in juvenile courts for the Parishes of East Baton Rouge, Orleans, Jefferson, and Caddo.
(f) Title VI applies to all litigation filed by inmates in district courts.
(g) Titles I through IV and Title VI of these Rules shall be known as the “Louisiana District Court Rules” and may be officially cited: La. Dist. Ct. R. ____. The Appendices to these Rules may be officially cited: La. Dist. Ct. R.____, App. ____.
(h) Title V of these Rules shall be known as the “Louisiana Juvenile Court Rules” and may be officially cited: La. Juv. Ct. R.____. The Appendices to Title V may be officially cited: La. Juv. Ct. R. ____ , App. ____.
Amendment history: Adopted April 1, 2002, effective April 1, 2002; amended June 2, 2003, effective July 1, 2003; amended November 3, 2008, effective January 1, 2009; amended November 20, 2009, effective January 1, 2010; amended April 20, 2010, effective June 1, 2010; amended November 21, 2011, effective January 1, 2012; amended April 29, 2014, effective June 1, 2014; amended October 7, 2015, effective January 1, 2016.