LOUISIANA CIVIL CODE

BOOK I. OF PERSONS

TITLE V. DIVORCE

CHAPTER 2. PROVISIONAL AND INCIDENTAL PROCEEDINGS

SECTION 3. CHILD CUSTODY

Art. 131    Court to determine custody

In a proceeding for divorce or thereafter, the court shall award custody of a child in accordance with the best interest of the child.

Acts 1993, No. 261, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.