East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court, Louisiana
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Jurisdiction
This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]
| “ | Original Jurisdiction. The juvenile courts have exclusive original jurisdiction over a variety of different types of proceedings involving children, including delinquency proceedings involving persons under the age of 21 who commit delinquent acts before attaining 17 years of age. Notable exceptions to the exclusive jurisdictional grant include those instances where children who have reached the age of 15 are charged with first degree murder, second degree murder, aggravated rape or aggravated kidnapping. In these instances, jurisdiction is transferred to the appropriate court exercising criminal jurisdiction over the charged offenses. Juvenile courts also have original jurisdiction of all adoption proceedings involving unemancipated children under 17 years of age. The Family Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge has exclusive jurisdiction of actions for divorce, annulment of marriage, establishment and disavowal of the paternity of children, spousal and child support, and custody and visitation of children.[2] |
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Judges
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office |
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| East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 1 Division B | Erika Green | Democratic | January 7, 2022 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 2 Division C | Charlene Charlet Day | 2011 | |
| East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 3 Division A | Pamela Baker | ||
| East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court Section 3 Division D | Kyle Russ | Republican | November 28, 2023 |
Elections
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Selection method
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- See also: Partisan elections
Judges of the Louisiana Family Courts are each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are partisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a parish resident for one year, younger than 70 years old, and have eight years experience of practicing law in the state and a law degree.[3]
Judicial elections in Louisiana
- See also: Louisiana judicial elections
Louisiana is one of 11 states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.
Primary election
Judges compete in a primary election against candidates of all parties. If no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote (a "majority vote"), the top two candidates run against each other in the general election. If a candidate does receive a majority vote in the primary, he or she is declared elected as an unopposed candidate and will not be listed on the general election ballot.[4]
In even-numbered years, Louisiana's primary elections are held in November during the general elections of other states.
For two or more open seats
In the event that candidates are competing for more than one open seat on a court, the majority vote is decided by "dividing the total votes cast for all of the candidates by the number of offices to be filled [and] dividing the result so obtained by two," according to the Secretary of State website. The SOS goes on to give the following example:
- 1,040 total votes cast ÷ 3 offices to be filled ＝ 346.6
- 346.6 ÷ 2 ＝ 173.3
In the above example, 174 votes are necessary to win for each of the 3 offices.[4]
General election
A general election is won by obtaining the highest number of votes. In the case of races with two or more open seats, the two or more candidates with the highest votes are declared the winners. If there is a tie, an additional election will be scheduled for the third Saturday after the announcement of the election results.[4]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana State Bar Association, "Family and Juvenile Courts," accessed May 15, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Louisiana; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Louisiana Secretary of State, "How are Candidates Elected?" accessed May 1, 2014
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