Rule 24.13 Mental Health Evaluations

If your family law case involves a mental health evaluation, the specific rules for how that works depend on which court you're in. Louisiana doesn't use one single process for every district court. Instead, each court sets its own detailed rules for these evaluations, and those rules are listed in Appendix 24.13.

This means you'll need to check the appendix for the specific court handling your case. It will tell you things like who can conduct the evaluation, how it gets scheduled, and what steps need to happen before and after it's done. Since these details can vary from one court to another, don't assume the process will be the same everywhere. Always look up the exact rules that apply to your case's location.