---
urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:223"
article_number: "223"
status: active
heading: "Rights and obligations of parental authority"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109337"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1986, No. 303, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1986
    act_number: 303
    section: 1
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
    role: amendment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 223. Rights and obligations of parental authority

Parental authority includes rights and obligations of physical care, supervision, protection, discipline, and instruction of the child.