Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Part XV - Public Defender Board
Chapter 13 - Trial Court Performance Standards for Attorneys Representing Children in Delinquency-Detention through Adjudication
Section XV-1349 - Continued Custody Hearing
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The attorney should take steps to see that the continued custody hearing is conducted in a timely fashion consistent with the prescribed time limits in the Children's Code unless there are strategic reasons for not doing so (e.g., when the offense charged would warrant an automatic transfer upon a finding of probable cause).
B. In preparing for the continued custody hearing, the attorney should become familiar with:
C. If the child client is retained in custody and a petition not filed within the time period prescribed by the Children's Code, the attorney should request immediate release of the child client and other appropriate remedy.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:148