24th Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Third party transfer acknowledgment form

For a third-party transfer under state law, the Third Party Transfer of Firearm(s) Acknowledgement form must be completed and provided to JPSO at the time of transfer.

If a third party transfer option is chosen pursuant to state law, a Third Party Transfer of Firearm(s) Acknowledgement form must be completed and provided to JPSO at the time of transfer.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Petition for divorce

Fill in every blank neatly and accurately; false statements may constitute perjury.

Proceed to neatly fill in all the blanks with 100% accurate information- any false statement made in court or written in a court document may constitute perjury.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion to dismiss

Every motion to dismiss a divorce petition must state that the petition was filed under La. C.C. Art. 102.

All motions to dismiss petitions for divorce shall state that the petition was filed pursuant to La. C.C. Art. 102.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Consent judgment

Written consent judgments must be signed by all counsel of record and/or the parties, filed in the record, and submitted to the district judge or domestic commissioner for signature.

Consent judgments, when reduced to writing, shall be signed by all counsel of record and/or the parties and filed in the record and submitted to either the district judge or domestic commissioner for signature.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Applies to

Declaration of address change

The defendant or surety must keep their address up to date with the Clerk's Office.

IT IS YOUR OBLIGATION TO KEEP YOUR ADDRESS UP TO DATE WITH THE CLERKS OFFICE.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Stipulation

Written counsel stipulations must be signed by all counsel of record and filed, but stipulations reached at specified conferences while the commissioner or court is in session may be dictated into the record.

Written stipulations of counsel shall be signed by all counsel of record and filed in the record. If such stipulations are reached at a hearing officer conference or a pre-trial conference while the domestic commissioner or the court is in session, the stipulations may be dictated into the record.

CRITICALCivil cases

If reporting a termination of employment, attach all documentation.

9. What is the reason for your termination of employment (quit, fired, business closed, etc.)? Attach all documentation.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

If seeking a deviation from the Louisiana Child Support Guidelines, state the reasons supporting it.

18. If you are seeking a deviation from the Louisiana Child Support Guidelines, state the reason(s) supporting the deviation:

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Petition

The Petition for Divorce must be in the record for the default confirmation checklist.

Is the Petition for Divorce in the record?

CRITICAL

Applies to

Civil case cover sheet

The civil case cover sheet must be completed by petitioner’s counsel, counsel’s authorized representative, or an unrepresented self-represented litigant.

This civil case cover sheet shall be completed by counsel for the petitioner, counsel’s authorized representative, or by the self-represented litigant (if not represented by counsel) and submitted with the original petition filed with the court.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Objection

An objecting party must submit a written objection and the hearing officer's recommendation sheet.

If there is an objection, the objecting party shall immediately submit the objection to the hearing officer in writing with the hearing officer's recommendation sheet.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing date order

A separate order must be submitted for the Hearing Officer to sign when setting the hearing date.

a separate order is to be submitted, to be signed by the Hearing Officer, to set a hearing date.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Louisiana uniform abuse prevention order

Louisiana Protective Order Registry form orders must be signed by the domestic commissioner or district judge.

3. Be signed by the domestic commissioner or the district judge on Louisiana Protective Order Registry form orders.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Enter the names and dates of birth of all minor children born or adopted to the parents in Paragraph 2.

Paragraph 2 asks you to fill in the names and dates of birth of all the minor children born or adopted to you and the other parent.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Support payment history

Complete the support-payment-history section only if support arrearage is an issue before the Court.

Q. SUPPORT PAYMENT HISTORY ( complete this section only if support arrearage iRn issue before the Court)

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Protective order filing

Any petition, motion, rule to show cause or application for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction filed pursuant to La. R. S. 9:361, 9:372 (unless filed incidental to divorce where there is no allegation of domestic abuse, fear for safety or imminent danger), La. C.C.P. Art. 3601 et seq., La. R.S. 46:213 1, et seq., or La. R. S. 13:4248, or any motion to modify or dissolve an existing Louisiana Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, shall: 1. Include a legible and fully completed Louisiana Uniform Abuse Prevention Order in a form approved by the Louisiana Protective Order Registry and prepared for the signature of the presiding judge.

Any petition, motion, rule to show cause or application for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction or permanent injunction filed pursuant to La. R. S. 9:361, 9:372 (unless filed incidental to divorce where there is no allegation of domestic abuse, fear for safety or imminent danger), La. C.C.P. Art. 3601 et seq., La. R.S. 46:213 1, et seq., or La. R. S. 13:4248, or any motion to modify or dissolve an existing Louisiana Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, shall: 1. Include a legible and fully completed Louisiana Uniform Abuse Prevention Order in a form approved by the Louisiana Protective Order Registry and prepared for the signature of the presiding judge.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Affidavit and statement of income and expenses

A new affidavit and statement of income and expenses must be completed when answers in either document change.

A new affidavit and statement of income and expenses must be completed in any cases in which there are changes in the answers to the questions asked in the affidavit or statement of income and expenses.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Collaborative team model

A non-multidisciplinary team model must provide for a collaboratively trained attorney for each party and may include other professionals agreed upon by the parties and counsel.

A non-multidisciplinary collaborative team model includes provisions for a collaboratively trained attorney for each party, and other professionals as can be agreed upon by the parties and their counsel.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Must include

case number

Complete Paragraph 3 with the current custody judgment’s date, case title, docket number, issuing court, and parish.

Paragraph 3 asks you information about the custody judgment in place right now. To fill this part out, it’s a good idea to have a copy of that custody judgment with you. Write the date of the order in the first blank, then the case title in the next two blanks. This is usually listed at the top of your original petition, and looks something like AJohn Doe v. Jane Roe.@ In the next blank, write the docket number from the original custody order. Finally, write in the name of the court that gave the order and the parish where the court gave the order.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to Modify Child Support form

The form must identify the person ordered to pay child support and the monthly amount ordered.

In the first blank, write the name of the person ordered to pay child support. Write the monthly amount of child support that was ordered by the court in the second blank.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing officer conference affidavit

The affidavit certifies that copies of all financial documentation ordered by the Court are attached.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I am aware that it is a crime to intentionally give a false answer, under oath, to any of the questions or request for information above (LSA RS 14:123). I further certify that I have attached copies of all financial documentation as ordered by the Court.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

Describe the current custody order in Paragraph 4, including how the parents divide physical custody.

Paragraph 4 asks you to write in the details of the current custody order, including how both parents split the physical custody of the child(ren).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Private school cost documentation

Private-school cost documentation must include registration, tuition, and mandatory fees, but not lunch, uniforms, or non-mandatory supplies.

Documentation from private school(s) detailing the costs for private school, including annual registration, total tuition expenses, and any other mandatory fees imposed (such as for books and materials), but not including the cost for school lunches or uniforms or non-mandatory supplies.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Child care payment records

Canceled checks or receipts documenting child-care expenses must cover at least four months.

Also, canceled checks and/or receipts for at least four (4) months.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion to withdraw

If the action or proceeding is assigned to a division, the motion to withdraw must be submitted to the presiding judge.

B. If the action or proceeding has been assigned to a particular division of the court, then the motion to withdraw must be submitted to the judge presiding

CRITICAL

Applies to

Custody modification petition

The petitioner must select one of the listed custody-modification options.

Petitioner believes it is in the best interest of the child(ren) that the current custody order be modified as follows: (please select one of the following)

CRITICAL

Applies to

In forma pauperis request

A separate form is required to request permission to proceed in forma pauperis.

(___) to be allowed to proceed In Forma Pauperis. (Separate form required.)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Rule to Modify Child Support filing

After completing them, the filer must file both the Rule to Modify Child Support and the Verification with the Clerk of Court's office.

After you've filled out the "Rule to Modify Child Support"' and the "Verification," you must file both documents with the Clerk of Court's office.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Certification of attendance

In a domestic case involving children, both parents and children ages 5 to 16 must attend Voices for Children and provide attendance certification; failure to attend within 60 days of filing may result in sanctions.

At the time an original petition is filed in any domestic case in which children are involved, an order shall be issued requiring that both parents, and children between the ages of 5 and 16, attend Voices for Children and provide the court with certification of attendance. Failure to attend within sixty (60) days of filing may result in sanctions.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Domestic pleading

Domestic pleadings must be identified as domestic on their face and docketed as such by the clerk.

A. All domestic pleadings filed shall be designated as such on the face of the pleading and docketed as such by the clerk of court.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing officer conference affidavit

The affidavit requires the party to certify the information is true to their knowledge and to correct and report discovered errors at the earliest opportunity.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that all of the above and foregoing is true and correct to be best of my knowledge, information, and belief, that I will immediately correct any errors which I discover after this Hearing Officer Conference Affidavit has been completed and will call those to the attention of the Hearing Officer and the opposing party at the earliest opportunity following discovery of the error.

WARNING

Applies to

Court form

Leave the Order section blank for the judge to complete if applicable.

·Do not fill in the Order section. The Judge will do this if applicable.

WARNING

Applies to

Petition for divorce

For major children, provide their full names and birth month and year, but not their full dates of birth.

Those that are major children (over 18) are: (Provide full name and month and year of birth- DO NOT provide full date of birth):

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Hearing officer conference affidavit

Briefly describe other issues not addressed elsewhere, or use this section if more room is needed to explain another section.

If (and only if) there are any other issues before the Court which are not addressed in any of the other sections above, or if you need more roorr to explain something from a section above, please describe them briefly below:

WARNING

Applies to

Civil case cover sheet

The cover sheet should include a brief, one-sentence description of the nature of the litigation.

Please briefly describe the nature of the litigation in one sentence of additional detail:

WARNING

Applies to

In Forma Pauperis request

A filer unable to pre-pay costs may request pauper status by checking the second box and filing a separate In Forma Pauperis form.

If you cannot afford to pre-pay the costs, you may request to file as a pauper by checking the second box. You also have to fill out and file a separate "In Forma Pauperis" form, which you can get from the Self-Help Resource Center or the Clerk of Court's office.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

You should answer the attorney-fees and court-cost question only if you are seeking to enforce a court order.

4. Estimate the amount of attorney fees and court cost which you believe you have incurred in seeking the relief before the Court (you should only respond to this question if you are seeking to enforce a court order): $ Attorney Fees; $ Court Cost.

WARNING

Applies to

Rule to modify custody form

The second option is if you are requesting joint custody of the child(ren) with both parents sharing equal time with the child(ren). If this is what you=re requesting, check this option and write the name of the parent you want to

The second option is if you are requesting joint custody of the child(ren) with both parents sharing equal time with the child(ren). If this is what you=re requesting, check this option and write the name of the parent you want to

WARNING

Applies to

In forma pauperis affidavit

A filer who has an attorney must answer fully about payment arrangements and amounts paid.

11. If you have an attorney, what arrangements have you made to pay your attorney’s fee? What amount, if any, have you paid? (You are required to answer fully.)

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Questionnaire response

If final periodic spousal support is sought and opposed, state and explain the basis for seeking or opposing the claim.

9. If "final periodic spousal support" is being sought by one party and opposed by the other party, please state the basis for seeking or opposing the claim for this form of spousal support (need and freedom from fault versus lack of need, inability to pay, fault) with an explanation:

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Legal citations

For truly novel or complicated legal issues, parties are asked to provide the Hearing Officer relevant legal citations at least one day before the conference; a memorandum is not required.

2) In the event the issues before the Court involve novel or complicated issues of law, please provide the Hearing Officer appropriate citations to code articles, revised statutes, and/or caselaw/jurisprudence for consideration at least one day in advance of the Conference. This does not require the submission of a memorandum, and is only necessary if the issues are truly novel or complicated.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Applies to

Referral form

To submit multiple referral forms, return to this page and use the form link to start a new submission for each form.

NOTE: If you must submit multiple forms you must return to this page and click the form’s link to start a new submission.

WARNINGCivil cases

Applies to

Conference notice

If the court or commissioner requires a pre-trial order, the conference notice must include information about it.

The notice shall contain information about the pre-trial order if the court or commissioner requires that one be filed.

WARNING

Applies to

Rule to Modify Child Support form

The filer must leave the “Order” portion blank for the court to complete.

Do not fill in the portion where it says "Order." The court will fill this part out.