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.
This resource explains when and how you can ask to change a child custody judgment, focusing on the process for changing a consent judgment and how it differs from a considered judgment.
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Modifying Child Custody
This brochure explains how to change a child custody order in Louisiana, depending on whether the original order was by agreement (consent judgment) or decided by a judge (considered judgment).
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Modifying Child Custody in Louisiana
This video explains when and how you can ask the court to change a child custody judgment in Louisiana, focusing on the legal standards for modifying a consent judgment and outlining the steps involved in the process.
