Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Children's Code > Title VII > Chapter 2 - Persons Subject to Proceedings; Grounds; Complaint

• Caretaker: means any person providing a residence for the child or any person legally obligated to provide or secure adequate care for the child, including a parent, tutor, guardian, or legal custodian. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
• 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
• Runaway: means the continued absence of the child from the home of his caretaker without the caretaker's consent. See Louisiana Children's Code 728
• Truant: means the repeated or habitual unauthorized absence or tardiness of a child from school pursuant to the provisions of Louisiana Children's Code 728
• Ungovernable: means the child's habitual disregard of the lawful and reasonable demands of his caretakers and that the child is beyond their control. See Louisiana Children's Code 728