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La. Rev. Stat. § 46:236 (2026)
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NOTE: §236 eff. until Oct. 1, 2027. See Acts 2025, No. 478.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: State, Dept. of Soc. Servs. v. Parker, 595 So. 2d 815 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
State, Dept. of Soc. Servs. v. Parker, 595 So. 2d 815 (La. Ct. App. 1992). “LSA-R.S. 46:236. Because DSS is given the cause of action under R.”
State v. Creamer, 528 So. 2d 667 (La. Ct. App. 1988). “The first procedural vehicle is located under the criminal neglect of family statutes found in the Louisiana Criminal Code. LSA-R.S. 14:74 provides for the institution of proceedings against the defendant for criminal neglect of family.”
Henry v. Sullivan, 203 So. 3d 501 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 46:236(0(6). It is only after the process that the trial court may accept, reject, or modify in whole or in part the findings of the hearing officer.”
State v. Jones, 671 So. 2d 404 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “On September 4, 1991, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 46:236 et seq., the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Social Services, Office of Enforcement Services, (the Department) filed a petition to establish paternity and for child support.”
State Through Dept. of Health & Human Resources v. Smith, 459 So. 2d 146 (La. Ct. App. 1984). “In this action under LRS 46:236 et seq., defendant appeals a judgment recognizing him as the natural father of a child born May 11, 1974.”
State, Dept. of Soc. Servs. v. Thomas, 660 So. 2d 163 (La. Ct. App. 1995). “Over fifteen years later, seeking to establish both filiation and an obligation to support the minor child under LSA-R.S. 46:236, et seq., the state filed a petition alleging William R.”
State v. Bolden, 519 So. 2d 362 (La. Ct. App. 1988). “, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 46:236 et seq., to establish the paternity of Frances Henton, a minor child born to Ruth Henton, a recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and to obtain a judgment of child support.”
State ex rel. Solomon, 672 So. 2d 1039 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “, Criminal Neglect of Family judgment to a LSA-R.S. 46:236 et seq., Family and Child Support Programs charge without vacating said earlier proceeding as a precondition for entry of a new plea in the above entitled and numbered cause: the initial rulings of March 5th 1992 and May…”
State in Interest of Braden v. Nash, 550 So. 2d 866 (La. Ct. App. 1989). “, under the authority of LSA-R.S. 46:236 et seq., to establish the paternity of Mary Braden, a minor child born January 25, 1987, to Deborah Braden, a recipient of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).”
State in Interest of Bankston v. Davis, 521 So. 2d 575 (La. Ct. App. 1988). “This is a paternity action brought under LSA-R.S. 46:236 by the State of Louisiana through the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Family Security (hereinafter DHHR), on behalf of the child of Laura Jo Bankston.”
State Ex Rel. Dept. of Health & Human Resources v. Rice, 482 So. 2d 873 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “Rice, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 46:236 et seq., to establish the paternity of the minor child born to Nyola Larkin.”
State v. Irion, 631 So. 2d 28 (La. Ct. App. 1994). “Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the juvenile court sustaining the peremptory exception of no cause of action.”
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