§ 1130 Time limitations
§ 1130.1 Authority of the court to determine parental capacity
§ 1131 Filing of surrender; institution of records check
§ 1132 Notice of filing of surrender; form
§ 1133 Notice of filing of surrender; service upon resident alleged or adjudicated father
§ 1134 Notice of filing of surrender; service upon nonresident alleged or adjudicated father
§ 1135 Unidentified fathers; diligent effort; order
§ 1136 Absentee alleged or adjudicated fathers; curator
§ 1137 Notice of opposition to adoption by alleged or adjudicated father; time limitations; appointment of counsel for the child; scheduling of hearing; paternity testing
§ 1138 Hearing of opposition to adoption; establishment of parental rights
§ 1139 Order maintaining opposition; effect on other surrendering parent; service
§ 1140 Continuing jurisdiction
§ 1141 Prior clearance on original birth certificate; putative father registry; acknowledgment by authentic act and judgment of filiation
§ 1142 Order declaring parental rights terminated; motion; certificates
§ 1143 Appeal
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Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Children's Code > Title XI > Chapter 10 - Surrender Procedure in General

  • Agency: includes the Department of Children and Family Services, the corresponding department of any other state, and those private agencies and institutions licensed for the placement of children for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services or by the corresponding department of any other state. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Birth certificate: means the child's official birth certificate or a true copy of a prefiled version of the birth certificate in the event the official birth certificate has not yet been issued. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
  • Department: means the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Putative father registry: means the Louisiana putative father registry established in Part I-C of Chapter 1 of Code Title VII of Code Book I of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of Louisiana Children's Code 1103
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Writ of certiorari: An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.