Jurisdiction over Status

Question 1

Jurisdiction over status

Answer 1

premised on the fact that the person whose status is at issue, and thus, most impacted by the outcome, is either a LA domiciliary or has some other sufficiently strong nexus with the state to warrant the exercise of jurisiction

Question 2

Types of Jurisdiction over status

Answer 2

1) adoption
2) emancipation
3) interdiction
4) Tutorship and curatorship
5) Child Custody
6) annulment
7) divorce
8) parentage and support

Question 3

Jurisdiction over adoption

Answer 3

surrendering parent, the prospective or existing adoptive parent(s) or any parent of the child has been domiciled in LA for at least 8 months.

Question 4

Jurisdiction over Emancipation

Answer 4

Minor is domiciled in LA

Question 5

Jurisdiction over interdiction

Answer 5

A proposed interdict is domiciled in LA or is physically in LA and owns property in the state

Question 6

Jurisdiction over Tutorship and curatorship

Answer 6

If the minor, interdict, or absentee is domiciled in LA

Question 7

Jurisdiction over Child Custody

Answer 7

if the minor involved is domiciled or is in, LA

Question 8

Jurisdiction over Annulment

Answer 8

One or both parties are domiciled in LA

Question 9

Jurisdiction over Divorce

Answer 9

One of the spouses is domiciled in LA at the time of the filing.

For both annulment and divorce proceedings, if a spouse has maintained a residence in LA for 6 months, there is a rebuttal presumption of domicile in the state

Question 10

Jurisdiction over Parentage and Support

Answer 10

if the child is domiciled in, or is in, LA and was either born in LA or the mother was domiciled in LA while the child was born outside the state. If te person seeking to disavow was domiciled in LA at the time of conception and birth.

Question 11

Concurrent Jurisdiction

Answer 11

when two courts have jurisdiction