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Laws & Courts:

Louisiana Law - Use the Louisiana Laws Search feature and enter "Marriage and Divorce." Louisiana Judicial Information: - hierarchical listing of the judiciary branch on a "clickable" map with links to the various branches and their respective decision databases. Judge biographies and other information are also available.

Louisiana Child Support:

Child Support Enforcement Division - child support forms and worksheets, information on the division's programs and services. From the Louisiana Department of Social Services.

Additional Resources:

Louisiana State Bar - consumer information pamphlets, TEL-LAW (recorded telephone legal info), and other news and information from the LSBA. Children's Rights Council - national nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. The New Orleans Men's Center - a non-profit group that provides a meeting place for men to explore their relationships with themselves, each other, their families, significant others, and their communities. Meetings are held twice a month, with two retreats annually for men. Group also sponsors other educational and enrichment experiences, some of which are also open to women. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Louisiana’s Divorce Information Under Construction.

Thank you for visiting our Louisiana Resource page.

We are currently in the process of updating each state’s legal overview for this section of our website. However, the resource links on the right hand side of the page are still working and will provide you with further information specific to Louisiana’s divorce laws. Specifically, you may want to look at Louisiana's state statutes for further reading at this time.

As always, please be sure to consult a licensed attorney in your state for more detailed information on how your state’s laws apply to you and your particular situation.

If you are a licensed attorney for Louisiana, or know of a licensed attorney for this state, we would like to have you review and edit the information for this state. We will furnish you with the old content for your review. In return, we will credit you for editing the overview of divorce information for Louisiana by stating at the top of this page “Information reviewed and edited by: (Your Name)” and establish a link directing potential clients to your firm’s webpage.

Typically, on this page you would find a brief legal overview of Louisiana’s divorce laws. The content usually contains the following list of information (where applicable per each state’s statutes):
Legal definitions of separation and divorce
Residency requirements
Grounds for divorce
Role of court
Divisions of property
Agreements
Prenuptial agreements
Child custody
Child support
Child support modification
Divorced in another state
Spousal support
Etc…