East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court

east baton rouge parish juvenile court was created in 1990 by act 158. pursuant to louisiana revised statutes 13:1621, juvenile court has original jurisdiction over proceedings in the interest of children under seventeen years of age in east baton rouge parish. accordingly, juvenile court has original jurisdiction over the following proceedings in east baton rouge parish: juvenile delinquency; child in need of care (cinc); families in need of services (fins); juvenile traffic; mental health proceedings regarding children in state custody confined to mental institutions; adoptions; voluntary transfer of custody; voluntary termination of parental rights; and involuntary termination of parental rights (tpr). east baton rouge parish juvenile court is one of only four special juvenile courts created by law in the state of louisiana that exercise exclusive original juvenile jurisdiction, and any other jurisdiction conferred by the statute creating them, in the parish or parishes for which th