WELBORN v. 19TH JUDICIAL DIST. COURT

No. 2007-C-1087, No. 2007-C-1202.

974 So.2d 1 (2008)

Doug WELBORN, in his Official Capacity as Clerk of Court for East Baton Rouge Parish v. The 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT and the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Patricia Hill Wilton, David G. Sanders, Assistant Attorneys General, for applicant in No. 2007-C-1087.

Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Sheri Marcus Morris, Baton Rouge; Shows, Cali, Berthelot & Walsh, Edmond Wade Shows, Jeffrey Kent Cody, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Van A. Heard, Assistant Attorney General, Jill L. Craft Alford, Hon Janice Gartrell Clark, for respondent in No. 2007-C-1087.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Van A. Heard, Assistant Attorney General, for applicant in No. 2007-C-1202.

Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Blache, Balhoff & McCollister, Sheri Marcus Morris, Baton Rouge; Shows, Cali, Berthelot & Walsh, Edmond Wade Shows, Jeffrey Kent Cody, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Patricia Hill Wilton, David G. Sanders, Assistant Attorneys General, Jill L. Craft Alford, Hon. Janice Gartrell Clark, for respondent in No. 2007-C-1202.


CALOGERO, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to" resolve a conflict between the Nineteenth Judicial District Court ("19th JDC") and the East Baton Rouge Parish Family Court ("Family Court") relative to which of the courts is vested with subject matter jurisdiction to hear cases brought under the Protection from Family Violence Act, La.Rev.Stat. §§ 46:2121-:2143, and/or the Protection From Dating Violence Act, Id. § 46:2151, where...

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