---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:13:1628
citation: "R.S. 13:1628"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 13 › Chapter 6 › Part I-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1990, number: 158, section: 1, effective_date: 1990-07-01, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1994, number: 145, section: 1, effective_date: 1994-07-07, role: amendment }
---

# Sitting in chambers

The juvenile court may sit in chambers in any and all matters, whether contested or not, at the discretion of a judge of the juvenile court, and any judgment or order so rendered or signed shall be effective as if rendered or signed in open court.