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R.S. §9:301 Presumed Dead

§9:301.  Court may authorize spouse of military personnel presumed dead to remarry; judgment dissolves marriage A. The spouse of a person presumed dead, as provided in R.S. 9:1441, may petition the district court of the parish in which the petitioner is domiciled for authority to contract another marriage.  Upon the submission of proof that the [..]

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R.S. §9:302 Divorce Proceedings (Procedure)

§9:302.  Divorce proceedings; hearings in chambers; procedure A. In addition to any hearing otherwise authorized by law to be held in chambers, the court by local rule, and only in those instances where good cause is shown, may provide that only with mutual consent, civil hearings before the trial court in divorce proceedings may be [..]

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R.S. §9:303 Income Assignment

§9:303.  Income assignment; new orders; deviation A. In all new child support orders after January 1, 1994, that are not being enforced by the Department of Children and Family Services, the court shall include as part of the order an immediate income assignment unless there is a written agreement between the parties or the court [..]

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R.S. §9:304 Judgment of Divorce (Waiting Periods)

§9:304.  Judgment of divorce; waiting periods; accrual of abandonment period A. (1) In the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the issuance of Executive Orders KBB 2005-32, 48, and 67 shall not affect the calculation of the one hundred eighty-day waiting period required by Civil Code Article 102, the six-month waiting period required by Civil [..]

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R.S. §9:304.1 Court Costs

§9:304.1.  Court costs; action to make child support executory A. An action to make past due child support executory may be filed by any plaintiff, who is unable to utilize the provisions of Chapter 5 of Title I of Book IX of the Code of Civil Procedure, without paying the costs of court in advance [..]

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R.S. §9:306 Seminar for Divorcing Parents

§9:306.  Seminar for divorcing parents A. Upon an affirmative showing that the facts and circumstances of the particular case before the court warrant such an order, a court exercising jurisdiction over family matters may require the parties in a custody or visitation proceeding to attend and complete a court-approved seminar designed to educate and inform [..]

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R.S. §9:307 Divorce or Separation from Bed & Board

§9:307.  Divorce or separation from bed and board in a covenant marriage; exclusive grounds A. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and subsequent to the parties obtaining counseling, a spouse to a covenant marriage may obtain a judgment of divorce only upon proof of any of the following: (1) The other spouse has committed [..]

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R.S. §9:308 Separation from Bed & Board (procedure)

§9:308.  Separation from bed and board in covenant marriage; suit against spouse; jurisdiction, procedure, and incidental relief A. Unless judicially separated, spouses in a covenant marriage may not sue each other except for causes of action pertaining to contracts or arising out of the provisions of Book III, Title VI of the Civil Code; for [..]

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R.S. §9:309 Separation from Bed & Board

§9:309.  Separation from bed and board in a covenant marriage; effects A. (1) Separation from bed and board in a covenant marriage does not dissolve the bond of matrimony, since the separated husband and wife are not at liberty to marry again; but it puts an end to their conjugal cohabitation, and to the common concerns, [..]

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Saving Your Marriage – Happily Ever After Takes Work

As someone who has struggled with weight my entire life, I spend way more time in gyms than anyone would guess by looking at me. In an attempt to distract from the pain that I’m putting  myself through at 5am on a daily basis, I spend a lot of time actively observing other people at [..]

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