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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1301.4

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

            A. Remedies provided by this Chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.

            B. This Chapter does not:

            (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or

            (2) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this Chapter.

            Acts 1995, No. 251, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996; Acts 1997, No. 1241, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2010, No. 877, §3, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2015, No. 80, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.