Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > BOOK III > Title II > Chapter 9 - Of Interspousal Donations Inter Vivos

• Administrative review body: means a panel of appropriate persons, at least one of whom is not responsible for the case management of or delivery of services to either the child or the parents who are the subject of the review, including the citizen review boards, state hearing examiners, special department reviewers, or department personnel. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Case review hearing: means a review hearing by a court or administrative review body for the purpose of determining the continuing necessity for and appropriateness of the child's placement, to determine the extent of compliance with the case plan, to determine the extent of progress which has been made toward alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating placement, and to project a likely date by which the child may be permanently placed. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Donee: The recipient of a gift.
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Foster parent: means an individual who provides residential foster care with the approval and under the supervision of the department for a child in its custody. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
• Permanent placement: means :

              (a) Return of the legal custody of a child to his parent or parents. See Louisiana Children's Code 603

• Relative: means an individual with whom the child has established a significant relationship by blood, adoption, or affinity. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Removal: means placing a child in the custody of the state or with someone other than the parent or caretaker during or after the course of an investigation of abuse and neglect to secure the child's health, welfare, and safety. See Louisiana Children's Code 603
• Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.