Louisiana Professional Counselor Disciplinary Laws Disciplinary proceedings before the LPC Board are less formal than a judicial proceeding. The purpose of a disciplinary proceeding is to determine if the person did certain acts or omissions and whether those acts or omissions violated the Louisiana Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act. Our New Orleans Professional Counselor [...]
Louisiana Criminal Mischief Louisiana criminal mischief law may be found under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:59 on the Louisiana State Legislature web site. When prosecuting someone for this offense, the State of Louisiana must prove beyond a reasonable doubt key elements that are outlined in the statute. Criminal mischief is different from Criminal Damage to [...]
Re-Homing of a Child The definition of Re-homing of a child in the state of Louisiana is any one of the following: (1) A transaction, or any action taken to facilitate such transaction, through electronic means or otherwise by a parent or any individual or entity with custody of a child who intends to [...]
What is stalking under Louisiana Law? In Louisiana, Stalking is defined as the intentional and repeated following or harassing of another person that would cause a reasonable person to feel alarmed or to suffer emotional distress. Stalking shall include but not be limited to the following: Intentional and repeated uninvited presence of a person [...]
PLAYING CASINO GAMES UNDER THE AGE OF 21 Louisiana Revised Statute 14:90.5 states that it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to play casino games, gaming devices, or slot machines. In other words, this is illegal gambling in Louisiana. No person under the age of 21 shall enter, or be permitted [...]
Under Louisiana law, there are two types of false imprisonment: 1) Civil False Imprisonment, which is known as a tort (civil wrong) and 2) Criminal False Imprisonment, a criminal offense. People usually want to know if false imprisonment is a felony or a misdemeanor offense. The answer to this questions depends on the statute [...]
Neglecting Family can be a crime under Louisiana Revised Statute 14:74 - Criminal neglect of family is the desertion or intentional nonsupport by a spouse of his or her spouse who is in destitute or necessitous circumstances; or by either parent of his minor child who is in necessitous circumstances, there being a duty established [...]
Louisiana laws define the offense of Contributing to the delinquency of a minor as the intentional enticing, aiding, soliciting, or permitting, by anyone over the age of seventeen, of any child under the age of seventeen, and no exception shall be made for a child who may be emancipated by marriage or otherwise, to [...]
Voyeurism and Peeping Tom Attorney Voyeurism -- La. R.S. 14:283.1 In Louisiana, Voyeurism is the viewing, observing, spying upon, or invading the privacy of a person by looking through the doors, windows, or other openings of a private residence without the consent of the victim who has a reasonable expectation of privacy for the [...]
Hit-and-Run Driving Laws: New Orleans Attorney Hit and run driving law in Louisiana is "the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing any accident, to stop such vehicle at the scene of the accident, to give his identity, and to render reasonable aid." This crime can be either a misdemeanor or [...]