Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:621.14 – A. The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Three judges shall be elected from each of the election sections created pursuant to R.S. 13:477(14) as follows:
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- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- 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. The Fourteenth Judicial District Court shall have nine judges. Three judges shall be elected from each of the election sections created pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 13:477(14) as follows:
(1) Divisions F, H, and J shall be elected from election section one.
(2) Divisions C, D, and G shall be elected from election section two.
(3) Divisions A, B, and E shall be elected from election section three.
B.(1) There is hereby created a new judgeship effective January 1, 2021, to be elected at the congressional election in 2020. This judge and his successors shall preside over Division J, which is hereby created for purposes of nomination, election, and subject matter. The subject matter jurisdiction of Division J is limited, pursuant to the provisions of La. Const. Art. V, § 15(A) , to family and juvenile matters as provided by law.
(2) For purposes of this Subsection, “family and juvenile matters” shall include all actions arising under Titles IV, V, and VII of Book I and Title VI of Book III of the Civil Code and related provisions of the Civil Code Ancillaries, adoptions arising under the Civil Code and the Children’s Code, actions involving protection from family violence pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 46:2131 et seq., actions for enforcement, collection of support, and paternity pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 46:236.5, and all actions arising under or incidental to the Children’s Code; together with all related incidental actions, including but not limited to contempt, civil warrants, writs of habeas corpus, change of name, prenuptial or separate property agreements, interspousal donations, lesion, and challenges to consent judgments.
(3) The judgeship comprising Division I shall be abolished effective midnight, December 31, 2020. All cases assigned to Division I shall be assigned to the newly created Division J. No election to fill Division I shall be held to fill such judgeship at the 2020 congressional election or at any election held after June 9, 2020.
C. In accordance with the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 13:587, the judges elected to serve in the judgeships designated as Divisions A and C shall continue to exercise jurisdiction over family and juvenile matters, subject to the provisions of that Section.
Acts 1956, Ex.Sess., No. 7, §1. Amended by Acts 1964, No. 3, §1; Acts 1967, No. 40, §1; Acts 1975, No. 332, §1; Acts 1980, No. 322, §3, eff. July 15, 1980; Acts 1999, No. 403, §1; Acts 2020, No. 126, §1, eff. June 9, 2020.