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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:234"
article_number: "234"
status: active
heading: "Parental authority; custody award"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 5 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109407"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2015, No. 260, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016; Acts 2025, No. 488, §1."
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  - act_year: 2015
    act_number: 260
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2016-01-01
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 2025
    act_number: 488
    section: 1
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# Art. 234. Parental authority; custody award

Parental authority continues during marriage, unless modified by a judgment awarding custody to one parent, by a joint custody implementation order, or by a judgment awarding custody to a person other than a parent.

An ascendant, other than a parent, who is awarded custody has parental authority. The authority of a person who is awarded custody, other than a parent or an ascendant, is governed by the rules of tutorship, unless modified by court order.