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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:951
citation: "R.S. 9:951"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book I › Code Title VIII › Chapter 3"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1992, number: 304, section: 2, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1995, number: 235, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2010, number: 171, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2015, number: 260, section: 3, effective_date: 2016-01-01, role: amendment }
---

# Provisional custody by mandate of persons having parental authority; delegation

A person having parental authority over a child may delegate the provisional custody of that child by written mandate to any natural person.