24th Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish Document Filing Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Written notice to consul

In the specified separation and divorce cases, appointed counsel must immediately notify the foreign country's consul in writing and include the listed case and party information.

In all cases for separation and divorce where the defendant resides in a foreign country the government of which is recognized by the government of the United States, the attorney appointed by the court to represent the absent defendant shall, immediately upon his appointment, notify the consul or consular agent of such foreign country, in writing, of the number and title of the suit, the ground(s) of the complaint, the last known address of the absent defendant, and the name and address of the attorney for the plaintiff.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Child support documentation

For a child-support demand, the party must provide complete federal tax returns and all W-2, K-1, and 1099 forms for the two calendar years before the year of the Hearing Officer meeting.

A. The party’s complete federal income tax returns, all W-2 forms, K-1 forms and 1099 forms for the two calendar years prior to the year in which the meeting with the Hearing Officer is scheduled.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Income and expense sheet

Complete an income and expense sheet if spousal support is at issue or you are requesting a deviation from the child support guidelines.

M. ITEMIZATION OF INCOME AND EXPENSES ON A PER-MONTH BASIS. (IF SPOUSAL SUPPORT IS AN ISSUE, OR IF YOU ARE REQUESTING A DEVIATION FROM THE CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES, YOU MUST COMPETE AN INCOME AND EXPENSE SHEET)

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

Counsel submitting the motion must certify that the case is joined, preliminary matters are resolved, discovery is complete, and the case is ready for trial.

ON MOTION OF _________________________________________________________________, Attorney for __________________________________________________________________ and, upon aforesaid counsel now CERTIFYING TO THE COURT (C.C.P. Article 863), that an examination of this record shows that: 1. Issue has been joined between all plaintiffs and defendants, and with all intervenors and third parties; 2. All exceptions, motions for summary judgment, and other preliminary matters have been disposed of, and, after consulting with all counsel of record; 3. ALL DISCOVERY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, and that the case is now ready for trial on the merits;

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Support payment ledger

For a claim involving failure to pay support, provide the claim details and amount and complete the next-page ledger with the specified payment and arrearage information.

2. If the issue is failure to pay support, please provide the specifics and dollar value(s) of the claim: $ . Also, please comple e the "ledger" on the next page, listing the date on which a support payment was owed and/or paid, the amount which was owed, the amount which was paid, any arrearage or overpayment, and cumulative arrearage of overpayment.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Verification

If prior custody decrees exist, they must be attached to the verification affidavit.

If there are existing prior custody decrees, they are attached to this affidavit.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Proposed joint custody implementation plan

When any party seeks joint custody, each party shall, not later than five (5) days prior to the trial of the issue, file with the court and submit a copy of a proposed joint custody implementation plan to the judge and the other party.

When any party seeks joint custody, each party shall, not later than five (5) days prior to the trial of the issue, file with the court and submit a copy of a proposed joint custody implementation plan to the judge and the other party.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Child support judgment

A child-support judgment must include the State Case Registry Data Form and an order requiring parents to report changes to the information specified by La. R.S. 9:313(B)(1).

Any judgment of child support shall also be accompanied by the State Case Registry Data Form and shall include an order requiring that the parents provide the state case registry with any change in the information required by La. R.S. 9:313 (B) (1).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Financial records

A party who meets any listed employment, payment, or disability condition must provide the opposing party and bring to the hearing the specified business and personal financial records; the excerpt ends before stating the alternative to copies of canceled checks.

3) If a party is (a) self-employed, (b) employed by a closely-held business entity in which the party has an ownership interest, (c) paid in cash, or (d) claims to be disabled and/or is receiving disability benefits (including, but not limited to, workers' compensation, Social Security SSI, LHWCA, or maintenance & cure), that party shall be required to submit, to your opposing party and bring same to the hearing in this matter together with, business (if applicable) and personal tax returns for the previous two (2) years, canceled checks, check registers, and bank statements for their business (if applicable)and personal accounts and their business (if applicable) and personal credit card statements for the previous twelve (12) months. As an alternative to providing copies of canceled checks, the party may provide a

CRITICAL

Applies to

Verification

The filer must sign the Verification, affirming that the petition's statements are true.

Along with your petition, you will also have to sign the "Verification" form, which states that you are swearing that everything you state in your petition is true.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Hip form

If a client is being placed on HIP, complete the electronic HIP form, which will automatically be emailed to the Gretna Police Department.

This electronic HIP form was created to assist with expediting the intake process for Home Incarceration Program (HIP). If your client is being placed on HIP, please complete this form and it will automatically email to the Gretna Police Department.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

For a support modification based on a change in the other party’s income or financial circumstances, provide their gross income when support was last set and available supporting documentation.

3B. If your request is based upon a change in the ther party's income and financial circumstances, indicate their gross i ncome at the time the support was last set by the Court (and provide available supporting documentation).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Domestic pleading

In a domestic matter involving or potentially involving the listed issues, the parties must complete the specified affidavit and income-and-expenses statement unless current forms have already been filed.

D. When a pleading is filed in any domestic matter where child custody and visitation, child support, spousal support, community property, use and occupancy of movables and immovables is or may become an issue, the parties shall complete a Hearing Officer thConference Affidavit, and Statement of Income and Expenses in conformity with 24 J.D.C. Domestic Rule 24.0 A (3) (C) unless current forms have previously been filed.

CRITICALCivil cases

For a child-support modification based on a change in your income or financial circumstances, provide a W-2 form or other supporting documentation of your income.

3. If your request for a modification is based upon a change in your income or financial circumstances, indicate your gross income at the time the support was last set by the Court (and provide a W-2 form or other supporting documentation) and the current amount of support ordered by the Court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Qdro plan forms and information

Counsel or an unrepresented employee participant must obtain the available plan forms and necessary information before the joint meeting and submit them to the court and opposing counsel or the unrepresented opposing party.

It shall be the responsibility of counsel representing any party, and/or parties, if unrepresented, who is an employee participant in a benefit plan in which the community possesses an interest to obtain all available forms and other necessary information from the plan administrator before the joint meeting of counsel and/or parties which shall be submitted to the court and to opposing counsel, or the opposing party if unrepresented, so that a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) can be prepared as directed by the court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Enter the other parent’s name and domicile in Paragraph 1.

Paragraph 1 asks you to fill in the other parent=s name and domicile.

CRITICALCivil cases

For a claim involving failure to pay support, provide its specifics and dollar value and complete the Section Q ledger with the listed payment and arrearage details.

2. If the issue is failure to pay support, please provide the specifics and dollar value(s) of the claim: $ . Also, please complete the following "ledger" in Section Q, listing the date on which a support payment was owed and/or paid, the amount which was owed, the amount which was paid, any arrearage or overpayment, and cumulative arrearage of overpayment.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Continuance motion

Attach supporting documentation related to the continuance request.

5. Attach any supporting documentation (i.e. a doctor’s note) related to your request.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Judgment

Must include

judge name

A judgment submitted for signature must identify the judge and counsel or unrepresented parties, provide their specified contact information, and state the judgment’s status and how it was entered.

All judgments submitted for signature shall contain the name of the judge, the name, current mailing address, telephone number, and bar number of all counsel of record, or the name, current mailing address, and telephone number of the parties if not represented by counsel, whether the judgment is partial, final or interlocutory, and whether by default or after a trial or contested hearing.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Collaborative settlement agreement

A party is entitled to judgment on a collaborative settlement agreement only if statutory requirements are met and the agreement is accompanied by a jointly signed factual stipulation and a consent judgment approved by both parties and counsel.

6. Notwithstanding any domestic rule or law, a party is entitled to judgment on a collaborative settlement agreement if the agreement meets all statutory requirements of notice, due process and time delays, and is accompanied by a joint stipulation of fact signed by both parties and a consent judgment approved as to foam and content by both parties and their counsel.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition for divorce

Leave the Petition’s “No.” and “Division” fields blank and enter the parties’ names in the specified caption lines.

For the Petition’s heading, leave “No.” and “Division” blank. On the top blank line, write your name. On the second line below “vs.”, write your spouse’s name.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

For a spousal-support modification based on a change in the other party’s income or financial circumstances, provide their gross income when support was last set and a W-2 or other supporting documentation.

12. If your request for a modification is based upon a change in the other party's income or financial circumstances, indicate the party's gross i ncome at the time the support was last set by the Court (and provide a W-2 form or other supporting documentation

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Default judgment

To confirm a qualifying preliminary default, the petitioner must submit the complete record, specified affidavits, the proposed judgment in original and copy, and the clerk’s notation.

To confirm a preliminary default under La. C.C. Art. 103(1) and La. C.C.P. Art. 1702 (E), petitioner shall submit to the commissioner in chambers or in open court: a. The complete record; b. Affidavit of non-military service and non-covenant marriage; c. An affidavit executed by the petitioner within thirty (30) days of rendering the judgment attesting to facts sufficient to obtain a divorce. One affidavit containing all required facts may be submitted in lieu of multiple affidavits. d. The original and one or more copies of the proposed judgment; e. Notation from the clerk of court that no answer has been filed and that all costs have been paid.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Proof of transfer declaration of non possession

Pursuant to LAC.Cr. P. Art. 1001, the defendant shall within 10 days file this Proof of Transfer/Declaration of Non-Possession with the Clerk of Court of the parish or city in which the order was issued.

Pursuant to LAC.Cr. P. Art. 1001, the defendant shall within 10 days file this Proof of Transfer/Declaration of Non-Possession with the Clerk of Court of the parish or city in which the order was issued.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Completed forms

The filer must file the original completed forms.

You must file the original forms that you filled out.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing officer conference affidavit

The party must certify to the Court that the information provided in the affidavit is accurate.

The undersigned party certifies to the Court the accuracy of the information provided below and certifies that a copy has been provided to opposing counsel or unrepresented party and the Hearing Officer at least five (5) Court days (exclusive of weekends and legal holidays) prior to the Hearing Officer Conference.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Fill out and file the Rule to Modify Custody form with the attached Verification and Order.

The first step is to fill out and file the ARule to Modify Custody@ form with the attached AVerification@ and AOrder.@

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Discovery motion

A motion seeking relief under Article 1469 concerning propounded discovery must be filed with copies of the disputed discovery requests and any responses.

If relief is sought pursuant to La. C.C.P. Art. 1469, concerning discovery which has been propounded, copies of the discovery requests in issue and responses, if any, shall be filed with the court contemporaneously with the filing of any such motion.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Checkbook register

A checkbook register provided to the Hearing Officer and opposing party must accurately show the specified check details, deposits, and balances.

true and correct copy of the checkbook register, on the condition that the register accurately reflects the date, transaction number, and payee of all checks, together with all deposits, a running balance and a current balance at the time the register is provided to the Hearing Officer and the opposing party.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Pleading

Covered pleadings must include a sworn affidavit listing each past-due payment and its due date and amount, each payment received and its receipt date, and the total arrearages.

All pleadings to establish executory child or spousal support arrearages or in which contempt is sought for failure to pay spousal support or child support, shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit executed by the party filing said pleadings, an attested copy of which shall be served upon the defendant, setting forth the following: 1. An itemized list of all past due payments, including date due and amount. 2. An itemized list of all payments received, including the dates of receipt. 3. The total amount of arrearages.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Complete the form with 100% accurate information; false statements may constitute perjury.

Fill in the blanks with 100% accurate information- any false statement made in court or written in a court document may constitute perjury.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to Modify Child Support form

The filer must select the form option corresponding to whether the State is involved in the child-support case.

If the State is involved, check the first option. If the State is not involved, select the second option.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Specialty court contract

Complete the entire specialty court contract before submitting it.

Step 5 - Fill out and then hit submit at the bottom of the form. YOU MUST FILL OUT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT BEFORE PRESSING SUBMIT.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Notice of signed recommendation order ruling or judgment

If neither a party nor counsel is present, notice of the signed recommendation, order, ruling, or judgment must be written, filed in the record, and mailed in accordance with La. R.S. 13:717.

If neither party nor counsel is present before the hearing officer, the notice of the signed recommendations, orders, rulings or judgment shall be reduced to writing, filed in the record and mailed in conformity with La. R.S.13:717.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Income tax returns

Each party must provide the other party with the last two years of state and federal income tax returns, including all attachments, schedules, W-2 forms, and amended returns.

1) The last two (2) years of their state and federal income tax returns, including all attachments, specifically all schedules, W-2 forms, and any and all amended returns.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Affidavit

For the described default judgment in an Article 103(1) divorce action, the defendant must acknowledge receipt and waive the listed notices and appearances by sworn affidavit.

A. In conformity with La. C.C.P. Art. 1701(B), when a defendant in an action for divorce under La. C.C. Art. 103 (1), by sworn affidavit, acknowledges receipt of a certified copy of the petition and waives formal citation, service of process, all legal delays, notice of trial, and appearance at trial, a judgment of default maybe entered against the defendant the day on which the affidavit is filed.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Joint pretrial order

The completed pretrial order must be delivered to the district judge at least three working days before the pretrial conference.

The parties shall deliver the completed pre-trial order to the district judge at least three (3) working days before the pre-trial conference.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Canceled checks

Canceled checks must be available for inspection at the Hearing Officer Conference.

Notwithstanding, the party must still have the canceled checks available for inspection at the Hearing Officer Conference.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Joint custody implementation order

When joint custody is decreed or consented to, the court must render an implementation order complying with La. R.S. 9:335 unless good cause is shown; the handbook’s plan is suggested.

In a proceeding in which joint custody is decreed or consented to, the court shall render a joint custody implementation order except for good cause shown. This order shall comply with La. R.S. 9:335. See the Family Law Handbook for a suggested plan.

CRITICAL

Applies to

In forma pauperis affidavit

All questions on the affidavit must be answered in full.

All questions must be answered in full.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Written objection

A party who disagrees with a recommendation, order, ruling, or judgment from the conference must file a written objection.

Any party who disagrees with a recommendation, order, ruling or judgment resulting from the hearing officer conference shall file a written objection.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

If the children are covered under a family health plan, provide employer or insurance-company documentation showing the cost difference between single and family coverage.

13. What is the actual cost of health insurance fovnly the child(ren)- you must provide documentation from your employer or the insurance company to show the difference in cost for single and family coverage if the child(ren) is/are covered under a family plan:

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition for divorce

File the original Petition for Divorce and Verification with two photocopies at the Clerk of Court.

Bring your original Petition for Divorce and Verification, along with two photocopies, to the Clerk of Court at 200 Derbigny St., Gretna, Louisiana.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Income assignment order

An income assignment order must be issued in each case in which child support or spousal support is awarded.

An income assignment order such as the order contained in Appendix- 10 shall be issued in each case where child support and/or spousal support is awarded, pursuant to La. R.S. 46:236.3 and La. R.S. 9:303.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Judgment of divorce

Must include

proposed order

The original proposed final Judgment and at least one copy must be attached.

Are the original and at least one copy of the proposed final Judgment attached?

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Suit caption

Captions in the specified domestic matters must include the parties’ full names, applicable maiden and married names, and the assigned judge’s division, commissioner, and hearing officer.

1. Suit captions in all annulment, divorce and separation matters and all domestic cases shall include the parties' full names together with a woman's maiden name and her married name if applicable, and the judge's division, commissioner and hearing officer to which it is allotted.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Acceptance of service

The spouse must sign the Acceptance of Service in front of a notary.

The acceptance of service must be signed by your spouse in the presence of a notary public.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Memorandum

The objecting party must file a memorandum on the law and facts with the district court judge.

The objecting party shall file a memorandum on the law and facts with the district court judge within five (5) working days of the date the objection is filed.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Partition action

A partition must be filed under the same suit number as the divorce or separation-of-property action between the same parties and allotted in accordance with Domestic Rule 23.0(F).

All partitions shall be filed in the same suit number of the divorce and/or separation of property action between the same parties and allotted to a district judge, domestic commissioner and domestic hearing officer in conformity with 24`h J.D.C. Domestic Rule 23.0 (F).

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Must include

case number

Before completing the custody-modification form, gather the prior court and docket information, the opposing party’s or counsel’s exact name and address, and the listed children’s exact names and birth dates.

Information you will Need: 1. Court information and the docket number from the previous custody hearing or any related matters. 2. The exact name and address of the opposing party or the opposing party=s counsel. 3. The exact name(s) and date(s) of birth of all children listed in the custody order.