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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:232"
article_number: "232"
status: active
heading: "Parental authority"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109382"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016."
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  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
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# Art. 232. Parental authority

Either parent during the marriage has parental authority over his child unless otherwise provided by law.

Under extraordinary circumstances, such as if one parent is mentally incompetent, interdicted, or imprisoned, or is an absent person, the other parent has exclusive authority.