WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:
A hearing officer's duties and powers are limited to those set forth in La.-R.S. 46:236.5. This authority does not authorize a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and to make recommendations concerning child custody matters. Therefore, the trial court improperly ordered the issue of joint custody to be raised at the hearing set for June 18, 1992, before the hearing officer.
The law is clear that an ex parte custody order...
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