Child Custody & Visitation

When parents live apart, deciding who a child lives with and spends time with can be stressful and emotional. This page explains how custody and visitation work, how courts make decisions, and what your rights and options are.
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Financial Assistance For Caring For A Relative's Child - The Kinship Care Subsidy Program (KCSP)

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Provisional Custody By Mandate

This resource explains provisional custody by mandate in Louisiana and includes a form that lets a parent, tutor, or grandparent temporarily transfer custody of a child to someone else without going to court.
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