§1139. Transfer of cases

            It is the express intent of this Section that the jurisdiction conferred by law, particularly the Children's Code, upon Orleans Parish Juvenile Court shall be the same as it was prior to the enactment of Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and shall remain unchanged, except as otherwise provided in the Children's Code. The court shall continue to be known as Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, notwithstanding its change of name effected by Act No. 620 of the 1976 Regular Session of the Legislature and the subsequent repeal of the provisions of that Act shall not be construed or interpreted to change its jurisdiction, its powers, its duties, its various departments or its personnel, except as herein set forth and provided.

            Added by Acts 1979, No. 460, §3, eff. July 1, 1979; Acts 1991, No. 976, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(A), eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2008, No. 675, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 873, §1, eff. July 9, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 340, §§2, 3, eff. June 29, 2011; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2); Acts 2021, No. 158, §2.