Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Children's Code > Title VII > Chapter 11 - Permanency Planning Reports

• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Child: means a person under eighteen years of age who, prior to proceedings under this Title, has not been judicially emancipated or emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.