3A.07.010 Purpose

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.07 § 3A.07.010

The purpose of this Chapter is to insure compliance with the Full Faith and Credit provision of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (V.A.W.A.) as set forth in Title 18 of the United States Code, section 2265 (18 U.S.C. 2265), as now or hereafter amended, and to insure the safety of victims of...

3A.06.040 Liability of Health, Social and Advocate Services Staff

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.06 § 3A.06.040

Health, Social and Advocate Services staff shall not be held liable in any civil action for any action or omission in good faith under this Code arising from alleged domestic violence or a crime involving domestic violence brought by any party.

3A.06.030 Child abuse investigatory services response and duties

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.06 § 3A.06.030

(a) Any person or entity performing child abuse investigatory services within the jurisdiction of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana shall follow written procedures for screening each referral for abuse or neglect of a child to assess whether abuse or neglect of another family or household member is...

3A.06.020 Coushatta Tribal Health Center required to provide certain information to parents—purpose

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.06 § 3A.06.020

(a) The purpose of this Section, as a first step in the process of providing essential safeguards and services for families, is to avert the trauma of domestic violence and child abuse in families, by informing parents, particularly of new or young families, about domestic violence, and the...

3A.06.010 Notice of rights of victims and remedies and services available--required information to be provided by Coushatta Tribal HeaIth Center

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.06 § 3A.06.010

(a) The Coushatta Tribal Health Center shall make available to its staff, and to all its patients, a written notice of the rights of victims and of the remedies and services available to victims of domestic violence, as they are set forth in Section 3A.02.010 (b).   (b) Any health care...

3A.05.070 Conditions of visitation in cases involving domestic violence

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.05 § 3A.05.070

(a) A court may award visitation by a parent who committed domestic violence only if the court finds that adequate provision for the safety of the child and the parent who is a victim of domestic violence can be made.   (b) In a visitation order, adequate provision for the safety of the child...

3A.05.060 Child custody and visitation proceedings -- factors in determining custody and visitation

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.05 § 3A.05.060

(a) In addition to other factors that a court must consider in a proceeding where custody or visitation 6f a child is in dispute, and the court has made a finding of domestic violence, the court shall also consider: (1) That the safety and well-being of the child and of the parent who is the victim...

3A.05.050 Child custody and visitation proceedings -- presumptions

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.05 § 3A.05.050

(a) In every proceeding where custody or visitation of a child is in dispute, a determination by the court that domestic violence has occurred raises a rebuttable presumption that it is detrimental and not in the best interest of the child to be placed in sole custody, joint legal custody or joint...

3A.05.040 Advocate-victim privilege applicable in cases involving domestic violence--circumstances where privilege not available.

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.05 § 3A.05.040

(a) A victim of domestic violence may refuse to disclose, and may prevent an advocate from disclosing, confidential oral communications between the victim and the advocate, and written records and reports concerning the victim when: (1) The victim claims the advocate-victim privilege.   (2) The...

3A.05.030 Spousal privileges not applicable in criminal proceedings involving domestic violence

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Prot. from Viol. and Dom. Viol. Code Title 3A Chapter 3A.05 § 3A.05.030

The following evidentiary privileges do not apply in any criminal proceeding in which a spouse or other family or household member is the victim of domestic violence or an alleged crime involving domestic violence perpetrated by the other spouse: (a) The privilege of confidential communication...