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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 909

  • child: means any person under the age of twenty-one, including an emancipated minor, who commits a delinquent act before attaining seventeen years of age. See Louisiana Children's Code 804
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

Except as provided for in Article 897.1, after the entry of any order of disposition, the court retains the power to modify it, including changing the child‘s legal custody, suspending all or part of any order of commitment, discharging conditions of probation, or adding any further condition authorized by Article 897(B) or 899(B).  It may also terminate an order of disposition at any time while it is still in force.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §8, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 1993, No. 430, §2.