Louisiana Children’s Code 1279.2 – Legislative findings
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1279.2
- Child: means a person under eighteen years of age and not emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 1169
The legislature finds:
1. It is in the best interest of a foster child who is adoption-eligible to be placed in a permanent adoptive family as soon as practicable.
2. The state has an interest in decreasing the delays in finalizing adoptions in order to facilitate permanent adoption and family cohesion.
Acts 2013, No. 66, §1, eff. May 31, 2013.