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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:221"
article_number: "221"
status: active
heading: "Authority of married parents"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109335"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1916, No. 41; Acts 1920, No. 252; Acts 1924, No. 197; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1916
    act_number: 41
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1920
    act_number: 252
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 1924
    act_number: 197
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
    role: amendment
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# Art. 221. Authority of married parents

The father and mother who are married to each other have parental authority over their minor child during the marriage.