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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:226"
article_number: "226"
status: active
heading: "Parental obligation of direction"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 2"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109340"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1952, No. 265, §1; Acts 1985, No. 714, §1; Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1952
    act_number: 265
    section: 1
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  - act_year: 1985
    act_number: 714
    section: 1
    role: amendment
  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
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# Art. 226. Parental obligation of direction

Parents have a moral obligation to provide moral, social, and material direction for their child.