State ex rel. R.W. v. J.L.W.

FRED W. JONES, Jr., Judge.

The State of Louisiana, through the Department of Health and Human Resources (“DHHR”), filed an action under La.R.S. 14:403 in the Monroe City Court, sitting as a juvenile court, alleging that RW, a five year old female, and KLW, a four year old male, were children in need of care as defined by Article 13(14)(a) of the Code of Juvenile Procedure (“CJP”).

Following a detention hearing, the juvenile judge removed the children from the home and custody of their mother, placed them in the legal custody of the DHHR, and gave their physical custody to the paternal…