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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74 (2026)

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PART IV. OFFENSES AFFECTING THE FAMILY

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Cited in 127 cases, 1951–2015 · leading case: State v. Jones, 481 So. 2d 598 (La. 1986).
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State v. Jones, 481 So. 2d 598 (La. 1986). · cites it 9× “R.S. 14:74. We granted certiorari. 474 So.”
State v. St. Pierre, 515 So. 2d 769 (La. 1987). · cites it 6× “(C) Broussard, The Right To Counsel and Retroactivity The defendant, however, was not represented by counsel at the time that he consented to the support order.”
State v. Broussard, 487 So. 2d 1261 (La. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 8× “" The trial court reasoned that, because defendant had been charged with criminal nonsupport under LSA-R.S. 14:74, a crime, the offer by the assistant district attorney to permit the defendant to avoid prosecution by taking the alternative route of agreeing to pay support under…”
State v. Jennings, 478 So. 2d 913 (La. Ct. App. 1985). · cites it 6× “The motion was grounded in the contentions (1) the child was no longer in destitute and necessitous circumstances, and (2) the record did not contain proof of his conviction of criminal non-support charges under R.S. 14:74. Apparently, believing the defendant could seek a…”
State v. Jones, 56 So. 2d 724 (La. 1951). · cites it 6× “This prosecution is based on LSA-R.S. 14:74, as amended by Act No. 164 of 1950, the amendment being indicated by the italicized portion below: "Criminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional non-support: "(1) By a husband of his wife who is in destitute or…”
State v. Moran, 400 So. 2d 1359 (La. 1981). · cites it 5× “[*] We granted defendant's application for certiorari to review his conviction of criminal neglect of family in violation of R.S. 14:74. Defendant's primary contention, insufficiency of evidence to support the conviction, is based on the assertion that the trial judge imputed…”
State v. Cheatwood, 458 So. 2d 907 (La. 1984). · cites it 2× “R.S. 14:74. At the trial, defendant did not contest the fact that he had not provided financial support for the children, but explained that an injury had disabled him from working.”
State of Louisiana, Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., in the Interest of A.L. v. Thomas Robert Lowrie, 167 So. 3d 573 (La. 2015). · cites it 2× “. Whether to punish as criminal a person‟s failure to support a child, when the person is the husband of the mother but not the biological father of the child, is a 11 support cannot equitably be ignored,” and “[t]he biological father and the mother share the support obligations…”
State v. Barton, 315 So. 2d 289 (La. 1975). · cites it 7× “R.S. 14:74 (1950), as amended, La. Acts 1968, No.”
State v. Prosper, 580 So. 2d 1085 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 5× “Facts On September 24, 1979, Darrel Prosper was charged by bill of information with a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74, criminal neglect of family.”
State v. Vallot, 926 So. 2d 98 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 9× “R.S. 14:74. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:74(A)(1)(b), which is the applicable section of the statute, provides that "[c]riminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport .”
State v. Austin, 374 So. 2d 1252 (La. 1979). · cites it 3× “Two days after rendition of the contempt judgment relator was tried pursuant to an earlier filed bill of information charging him with criminal neglect of family, a violation of R.S. 14:74. The bill of information charged that relator ".”
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— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(1) — 1 case
State v. Barton, 315 So. 2d 289 (La. 1975). “R.S. 14:74 (1950), as amended, La. Acts 1968, No.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(2) — 6 cases
State v. Jones, 481 So. 2d 598 (La. 1986). “R.S. 14:74. We granted certiorari. 474 So.”
State of Louisiana, Dep't of Child. & Fam. Servs., in the Interest of A.L. v. Thomas Robert Lowrie, 167 So. 3d 573 (La. 2015). “. Whether to punish as criminal a person‟s failure to support a child, when the person is the husband of the mother but not the biological father of the child, is a 11 support cannot equitably be ignored,” and “[t]he biological father and the mother share the support obligations…”
State v. Sylvester, 581 So. 2d 361 (La. Ct. App. 1991).
State v. Prosper, 580 So. 2d 1085 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “Facts On September 24, 1979, Darrel Prosper was charged by bill of information with a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74, criminal neglect of family.”
Gallo v. Gallo, 840 So. 2d 1223 (La. Ct. App. 2003).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A) — 1 case
State v. Bracy, 440 So. 2d 885 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A)(1) — 1 case
Lovell v. Lovell, 378 So. 2d 418 (La. 1979).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A)(1)(b) — 2 cases
State v. St. Pierre, 515 So. 2d 769 (La. 1987). “(C) Broussard, The Right To Counsel and Retroactivity The defendant, however, was not represented by counsel at the time that he consented to the support order.”
State v. Thomas, 579 So. 2d 1086 (La. Ct. App. 1991).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A)(2) — 1 case
State v. St. Pierre, 515 So. 2d 769 (La. 1987). “(C) Broussard, The Right To Counsel and Retroactivity The defendant, however, was not represented by counsel at the time that he consented to the support order.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A)(3) — 1 case
State v. Bracy, 440 So. 2d 885 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(A)(l)(b) — 1 case
State v. Veal, 579 So. 2d 486 (La. Ct. App. 1991).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(B) — 1 case
City & Cnty. of San Francisco v. Juergens, 425 So. 2d 992 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(D) — 1 case
State v. Vallot, 926 So. 2d 98 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 14:74. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:74(A)(1)(b), which is the applicable section of the statute, provides that "[c]riminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport .”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(D)(1) — 2 cases
State v. St. Pierre, 515 So. 2d 769 (La. 1987). “(C) Broussard, The Right To Counsel and Retroactivity The defendant, however, was not represented by counsel at the time that he consented to the support order.”
State v. Vallot, 926 So. 2d 98 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 14:74. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:74(A)(1)(b), which is the applicable section of the statute, provides that "[c]riminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport .”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:74(D)(2) — 3 cases
State v. Vallot, 926 So. 2d 98 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 14:74. Louisiana Revised Statutes 14:74(A)(1)(b), which is the applicable section of the statute, provides that "[c]riminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport .”
State v. Prosper, 580 So. 2d 1085 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “Facts On September 24, 1979, Darrel Prosper was charged by bill of information with a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:74, criminal neglect of family.”
State v. Sylvester, 581 So. 2d 361 (La. Ct. App. 1991).
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